On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 08:56, karlp ourldsfamily com wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > > > However, I noticed a curious thing, if I ssh into my desktop machine > > from my laptop to run evolution (so as to keep things in one place on > > one machine) and I do a search on my inbox the resulting matches > > highlight the word searched on in the emails. If I then go to my desktop > > machine and do the same the search word is again highlighted but if I > > exit Evolution and re-start it and do the search again the search word > > is completely missing, no blank space in place of it just a single space > > character. This missing highlight is the problem I've had all along and > > I simply thought it was a bug in the Evolution version I have. > > > > The question is: Why does it work when I ssh in from my laptop and why > > does it still work when I go back to my desktop machine but NOT after > > killing Evolution and re-starting it on the desktop. Anyone have an > > answer? Both machines are running RH8 but the version of Evolution > > installed on the laptop is the original version from the distribution > > CDs, it hasn't had the security fix applied. But that shouldn't make a > > difference as when I ssh into my desktop machine to run Evolution on the > > laptop I am running the Evolution installed on the desktop, Aren't I? > > I would suspect it's a font issue. You may have chosen a font that doesn't > have a valid reverse/bold/whatever attribute. I've had this type of > problem and fixed it by changing the font I use. I apologize for not > knowing the actual font I selected, or even where I changed, it, but I > noticed the problem went away when I used VNC to run Evolution. In order > for VNC not to conflict with my desktop, or mess it up, I run VNC using > KDE and locally run Gnome. Try that to verify which does what, if you feel > up to it. > > Karl Hello Karl, thanks for the information. You could very well be correct. One thing I have noticed is the flaky setting of the character encoding in Evolution 1.0.8-11. No matter what you set it at it will be different when you next check. Will try changing the font. I believe Evolution uses the default setting in the Preferences menu. -- Kind regards, Graeme Nichols Public Key available from http://keyserver.kjsl.com:11371/#extract ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Meese made me wear CORDOVANS!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - IMPORTANT. - - The contents of this email and any attachments, which may be con- - - fidential, are sent for the personal attention of the addressee/s - - only. If you receive this email and are not the intended addressee - - please inform the sender and delete this email immediately. Use, - - copying, disclosure or forwarding of the contents of this email - - and/or any attachment/s is not authourised. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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