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Re: [ercp-dev] first approach and fonts
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Thanks Mark,
> It definitely sounds like a problem. I don't think there has been a fix put
> into eRCP. If you open a defect and provide a patch we can get it into the
> code base.
I opened an issue in the tracker. Unfortunately I am not able to supply a fix.
I will try to hunt down the person that fixed it already and kindly
ask if he can provide his fix.
best regards,
Andrea
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> From: andrea antonello <andrea.antonello@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ERCP developers list <ercp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 09/05/2011 04:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [ercp-dev] first approach and fonts
> Sent by: ercp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> A small update on this (without evident solution, I am afraid).
> Reading the comments on the following post:
> http://jmj-eclipse.blogspot.com/2009/10/running-ercp-with-phoneme-advanced-on.html
>
> I saw the comment about the same problem I have:
>
> "I was able to resolve the issue with stray characters in the widget
> texts (menu, button, etc.) by fixing one method in the eSWT C code. It
> seems CVM does not handle Strings the same way J9 does. J9 will
> automatically terminate the string with null values when passing
> to/from JNI. CVM doesn't seem to do this. The fix was pretty simple,
> since the length of the string was provided already."
>
> Does anyone know if this was addressed in the latest available
> eRCP/eSWT or if this could be the problem I am facing?
>
> Best regards,
> Andrea
>
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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:11 PM, andrea antonello
> <andrea.antonello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply Mark,
>>
>>> The eWorkbench is not coded to use any device/user preferences for font
>>> size
>>> since there is no standard way to obtain this info. So if on your
>>> particular
>>> device, the fonts are too small, the easiest thing to do is recompile the
>>> eWorkbench plugin with your own font size specified.
>>
>> Ok, so I will have to tweak it, thanks for the pointer.
>>
>>> You typically see boxes instead of characters when the device font does
>>> not
>>> support the character being displayed. Some device manufacturers provide
>>> additional fonts that you can download to the device. Make the new font
>>> the
>>> default, and most apps should use it and display the right characters.
>>
>> That is so strange, because even the default font shows the boxes. I
>> also tried to set a Tahoma font, which is supposed to be present for
>> sure in Windows Mobile and I get the same error. Also this only
>> applies to spaces and striong endings (not \n, simply the end of the
>> string, i.e. "COM4" gets "COM4[]" with the brackets being the box). I
>> will investigate further.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Andrea
>>
>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> From: andrea antonello <andrea.antonello@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: ercp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: 08/24/2011 04:43 AM
>>> Subject: [ercp-dev] first approach and fonts
>>> Sent by: ercp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ________________________________
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>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>> I am quite new to the eRCP project and was successful in adding
>>> applications to the eWorkbench using the phoneme jvm.
>>> So far I am amazed about the possibility to go mobile developing in rcp.
>>>
>>> Due to the display size (I guess) of the device, the font is way to
>>> small to be readable, which is why I supplied custom fonts to the
>>> widgets.
>>> I could not find a way to do this in an overall way (themes do not
>>> seem to be supported). I have 2 main problems:
>>> - the eWorkbench parts are still small. Do I have to modify the plugin
>>> directly to change the UI font or is there another way?
>>> - the texts have strange rectangles [0] instead of the spaces
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [0] as code 141 in the table here http://www.asciitable.it/asciiext.asp
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