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From: maloff@calgary.UUCP (Sheldon Maloff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Deluxe Paint II bug
Message-ID: <1680@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 88 00:37:30 GMT
References: <6540@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Ab.
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In article <6540@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes:
> 
> 	I believe I've tracked down a new bug in Deluxe Paint II.
> Could somebody please try to reproduce it?

I can't reproduce it.

> 	Reproduce:
> 
> 		Warm boot on vanilla Amiga
> 		Open a CLI
> 		Change font from Topaz to anything else.  I use
> 		 the "setfont" program; i.e., "setfont ruby".
> 		Invoke DPaint.
> 		Exit DPaint.
> 		<CRASH!>
> 
> If you don't crash on exit, you should at least notice that your CLI
> font has "disappeared"; that is, characters don't echo at all, or they
> echo garbage.  If so, invoke DPaint again, exit again, and you will
> crash.

I'm running a 2 meg amiga, so its not vanilla.  But I use setfont font
with my own font I created called block (its 8 x 8).  Basically its a
modification of the generic topaz/8 except without all those serif's!
I ran from csh2.07 and didn't crash on exit.  My guess is its the ruby
font thats breaking Dpaint.  I believe the setfont docs say that many 
programs will have troubles with fonts other than 8 x 8 pixels.
I run setfont with TITLES WINDOWS SCREEN (all options on).

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