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From: net@TUB.BITNET (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Problem with non-ascii letters in XTextWidth.
Message-ID: <8907251002.AA19702@tub.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 89 10:02:42 GMT
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> When trying to use characters with ASCII codes greater than 127,
> XTextWidth returns zero.

The function GetCS() in lib/X/XTextExt.c is broken.  I have already
reported this some months ago.  You can easily write your own text
width function by adding the widths found in the XCharStructs of the
font you are using.

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Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP