Hi Hussein,
Thanks for the detailed reply. It turns out that all the fonts I tried
before did not contain that character. I have now found a font that
does have that character and so the x is now visible in both views.
Cheers,
Mark
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> On 11/23/2016 04:12 PM, Mark Burton wrote:
> >
> > I just noticed using editor version 7.2.0 (on Linux) that if I
> > enter a character like MULTIPLICATION X (0x2715) then it will be
> > displayed in the Docbook view as a box (i.e. character unknown) but
> > in the "no stylesheet" view, it will be displayed correctly (i.e.
> > like an x).
>
> I don't have this problem on my Linux box running latest Oracle Java
> 1.8 runtime. See attached screenshot. I suspect that your are using
> an outdated OpenJDK (not officially supported by us; only Oracle Java
> is).
>
> Please use "Help|About XMLmind XML Editor" to see which exact Java
> runtime you use to run XMLmind XML Editor.
>
> Or --just an idea-- may be you are using a Look&Feel different from
> Metal (e.g. GTK+).
>
> Anyway, the issue is probably triggered by something specific to your
> working environment.
>
>
>
>
> > I tried a few different fonts for the editor display but it didn't
> > appear to make any difference. I couldn't find this behaviour
> > documented anywhere. Is it a bug/feature?
> >
>
> This could be explained by the fact that the styled view and the tree
> view ("no stylesheet") use different fonts. The default font of the
> styled view has no glyph for character 0x2715, hence the box. The
> default font of the tree view has a glyph for character 0x2715.
>
> The fonts used by the styled view are specified using:
>
> Options|Preferences, View section, "CSS stylesheet defaults"
> subsection.
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/viewOptions.html#cssDefaults
>
> While the fonts used by the tree view are specified using:
>
> Options|Preferences, View section, "Tree view settings" subsection,
> "Fonts and colors" button.
>
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/viewOptions.html#treeViewSettings
>
> The "Tree view fonts and colors" dialog box
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.prefsheet.TreeViewSettingsEditor.html
>
> If using the above facilities, you haven't found a workaround, then
> I'm sorry but I don't see how we could help you.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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