Ubuntu
netbook-launcher package

text under icons wraps badly in netbook-launcher

Bug #527090 reported by Markus Korn
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Netbook Remix Launcher
Confirmed
Undecided
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netbook-launcher (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: netbook-launcher

As you can see in the bottom left part of the main view there are some very unfortunate word wrappings.

This might be a duplicate/regression of bug 277133

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 24 13:59:29 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/netbook-launcher/disable_single_instance=false
 /apps/netbook-launcher/force_low_graphics=false
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.2)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1000H
Package: netbook-launcher 1:2.1.13-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname-netbook.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=de console-setup/layoutcode?=de
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu8
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-3ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu6
SourcePackage: netbook-launcher
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1103
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1000H
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1103:bd09/16/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1000H:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1000H:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1000H
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.32-14-generic

Revision history for this message
Markus Korn (thekorn) wrote :
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in netbook-launcher (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
LaserJock (laserjock) wrote :

So I looked through the code and did some tests and I think the actual word wrapping is behaving as intended, unlike in bug #277133. The issue is a bit finer here in that we should actually be resizing the space alloted to the text based on it's length. So if you need a few more characters then the column width should be expanded to allow it rather than forcing the char wrap.

Changed in netbook-remix-launcher:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Jan Arne Petersen (jpetersen) wrote :

To really fix it, one would need automatic hyphenation (at least for languages with long words like German).

Revision history for this message
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

I totally agree. But also, resizing the space is still needed (distance between icons are fixed now, unfortunately :/). We are too close to lucid to be released for fixing this in introducing such big changes and error-prone behavior. I'll suggest that for lucid +1

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