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Build ID: I20070625-1500 Steps To Reproduce: 1.I'm using MyEcklipse 6.0.1 GA so some of what I describe to reproduce the problem may be specific to that set of extensions. They told me to report this problem to you. 2.Create 30+ projects with 40 user libraries. The average project contains 20+ files. (I've also got 37 databases defined, but I don't think that's reevant to the problem.) 2.Display lots of files, including some non-Java files. Note that they may be displayed in the correct (serif, monospaced) font. 4.Close the workbench with everything open 5.Open the workbench and look at a non-Java file. It is likely to be displayed in the "default" proportional, sans-serif font. Sometimes, closing all the files and reopening the workbench fixes the problem. More information: The likelihood of this problem seems inversely proportional to the number of files I'm displaying when it opens. Therefore, I suspect a startup thread issue.
Which editor are you using? It is up to the editor to pick up the fonts from the registry. The fonts are initialized before any editor plug-in is loaded so I suspect it is a bug in the editors you are using rather than a startup issue
Anything in the .log? Did you switch the theme? I can remember a bug where the font gets lost when switching the theme.
I have the same problem - details below might help: 1. I'm using Eclipse 3.3.2. I unzip the Eclipse installer file to a new directory, fire up eclipse.exe (ie. with new configuration), create a new workspace, create a new Java project, add a text file (.txt), and open it. It opens with the (correct) monospace font. 2. I then add MyEclipse 6.0.1 GA via an extension location. Re-open Eclipse, re-open the .txt file, and it opens with the wrong (ie. a proportional) font. 3. If I leave the file open, close and re-open Eclipse, the file then opens with the correct font. 4. If the file isn't open in the workspace, then it will consistently open with the wrong font. Since there's only a single project in the workspace, it doesn't seem to be related to number/size of projects in the workspace. 5. no relevant-looking output from my .log. I'll attach what there is, anyway. Other observations based on what I've seen in my main workspace: * numerous non-Java files have the same problem - including .txt, .sql, .xml, .form, etc. * if I open an Ant build.xml with the default (Ant) editor, the file opens with the incorrect font, but syntax colouring is correct. If I open with the standard text editor (right-click Open with...), the wrong font is used. Strangely, if I open the file with MyEclipse's XML Editor, the correct font is used. * similarly, I'll open a .css file, it opens with the (default) MyEclipse CSS Editor with the correct font. I then close the file, and re-open (right-click - Open with...) with text editor, and the file opens with the incorrect font. * if a file is opened with the wrong font, and I then change my default text editor font (Preferences / General / Appearance / Colors and Fonts), then the editor will correctly refresh, displaying the new font. * if I 'fix' the problem (either by changing the default font as above, or by re-opening Eclipse with the offending file open in the workspace), then when I open files with other extensions, then the correct font displays for all of them - ie. fixing the problem for a .css will fix it for all other file types as well. Hope this helps.
Created attachment 96718 [details] .log of clean install (with MyEclipse)
... and after all that, I've found a thread on the MyEclipse forum which suggests that this is a known bug with MyEclipse and is due to be fixed in MyEclipse 6.5. http://myeclipseide.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=19186
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I suggest reopening this bug. I'm not using 'MyEclipse'. I am using version '3.4.0' from Ganymede, build id: I20080617-2000. The description of this bug seems to fit my symptoms. In addition to those packages available from Ganymede -- I think I have them all -- I have added JSDT (JavaScript Development Toolkit). I do not believe I have any other non-standard packages. On a freshly started instance with NO files open: - Opening any plain text file will not use the configured font (Courier New 12). Instead, a much smaller proportional font is used. - Opening any XML file will not use the configured font. Ditto. - Opening any HTML file _will_ use the configured font. Switching to a different font, and then back to the original (Courier New 12) will cause the open file to display in the correct font. All subsequent XML and plain text files will open with the correct font. Leaving files open, exiting eclipse, and starting eclipse again will result with all files displaying in the correct font. This is all on Windows XP Pro Version 2002 SP 2.
Before reopening: can you download plain Eclipse SDK 3.4.2 from here: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.4.2-200902111700/index.php and start with a new workspace. If you see still see it then please post here your steps again. I suspect that one of the Ganymede train plug-ins might play with the fonts.
