Jeremy Quinn wrote: > > On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 10:56 AM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > > > Jeremy Quinn wrote: > >> > >> Anyone know a way to fix this exception while attempting to start XXE > >> in MacOSX (10.2.6, JVM 1.4.1_01)? > >> > >> [tintin:~/Downloads/xxe-std-23] jermq% ./xxe > >> 2003-05-08 18:27:16.871 java[891] Warning: Font > >> LucidaSans-TypewriterBold claims fixed-pitch with 0 max advance! > >> 2003-05-08 18:27:17.537 java[891] Font GB18030Bitmap: in > >> _readBasicMetricsForSize, claims 0 max advance but is fixed-pitch. > >> java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > >> at > >> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > >> at > >> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructo > >> rA > >> ccessorImpl.java:39) > >> at > >> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingCo > >> ns > >> tructorAccessorImpl.java:27) > >> at > >> java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:274) > >> at com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.app.Start.main(Start.java:170) > >> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > >> at > >> sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames(SunGraph > >> ic > >> sEnvironment.java:327) > >> at > >> sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames(SunGraph > >> ic > >> sEnvironment.java:359) > > > > I'm currently working on the XXE port on MacOSX. I use 10.2.5, I guess. > > I'll upgrade to 10.2.6 It should be easy to find a workaround for this > > problem (because it is documented by Apple). > > Ah Ha!
Bad news. I upgraded to 10.2.6 and was not able to reproduce your problem. Note that we have not installed extra fonts on our Mac. > > By the way, tell me if in your environment, you can put the caret on > > the > > middle of the letter in a styled document view. > > I don't know if I completely understand your question. > > I find that the position of the caret or selection background colour is > not always correct. ie. the dimensions of fonts are not correctly > calculated. Yes, it is this problem. > > And if the answer is yes, in which circumstances. > > > > And if the answer is yes, have you found any workaround for this (e.g. > > changing fonts using Options|Options, Style tab, special Java > > properties > > -Dxxx=yyy, etc). > > I changed my default font to Trebuchet (I think), as the default > (Lucida ?) had no italic. (This is off the top of my head, I cannot > currently run XXE to check this info). OK. I think Monaco works too. Note that this problem will be fixed in the official MacOS release.
