Re: bug report: gitk crashes on git commit with emoji (utf-8)

From: Peter Oberndorfer <kumbayo84@arcor.de>
Date: Oct 11, 2020, 11:47 UTC
Message-ID: <3318fdd6-5709-1d3c-64d8-01d029803635@arcor.de>
In-Reply-To: <1e06bde8-ae70-2653-5112-c97c9ee021da@gmail.com>

On 05.10.20 13:33, Tomek Mrugalski wrote:

> Hi there,
>

Hi Tomek,

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> $ ~/devel-ssd/git/gitk-git/gitk
> X Error of failed request:  BadLength (poly request too large or
> internal Xlib length error)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  139 (RENDER)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  20 (RenderAddGlyphs)
>   Serial number of failed request:  3065
>   Current serial number in output stream:  3148

> 
> Is there a workaround I could try?
>

I managed to work around this problem by installing the Ubuntu package 'fonts-symbola'.

Testing with your repository, the Emoji is still not displayed correctly but gitk does not crash anymore.

This issue (and the workaround) seems to be tracked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/+bug/1852985

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> I'm willing to help with debugging the problem or testing patches.
> I'm not sure how long I'll be able to remain subscribed to this list
> due to the traffic volume.
> 
> Other than that, gitk has been rock solid stable for me and I've been
> using it for years. Thanks a lot for providing this great tool.
> 
> Tomek Mrugalski
>

Greetings Peter