[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#316906: lyx: Changing temp folder path causes change of default fonts.

[Andreas Neudecker]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.3.4-2
Severity: normal



Hi.


I was just checking out lyx again after a long time.
When I found the setting for the temp folder to point to /tmp I changed it to
/home/<username>/.tmp, my default folder for temp stuff.

When I saved this, the text in my test document had suddenly and inexplicably 
changed from Times to some weird italics font. So I exited lyx and deleted the 
whole ~/.lyx folder and tried again. I found, that starting from scratch 
changing (and saving) the setting of the temp folder causes the 
~/.lyx/preferences file to be written -- with the weird font set as screen 
default for roman and sans fonts:

---8<------------------------------------------
#
# SCREEN & FONTS SECTION ############################
#

\screen_font_roman "Abberancy"
\screen_font_sans "Abberancy"
\screen_font_typewriter "Courier"

---8<------------------------------------------


This is certainly not good: an unexpected configuration change that badly 
affects readability on the screen. "Abberancy" happens to be the first font in 
the alphabetical list of installed fonts, while Courier apparently is the first
monospace font in the list.

After my opinion the default fonts should not be changed unless the user 
explicitly requires it. And the default fonts should be a reasonable choice. In 
fact, I could not find the fonts that were originally used -- which ones are they?


Kind regards


Andreas


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-386
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  debconf                    1.4.30.13     Debian configuration management sy
ii  groff                      1.18.1.1-7    GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagick                6:6.0.6.2-2.4 Image manipulation programs
ii  libtiff-tools              3.7.2-3       TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common                 1.3.4-2       High Level Word Processor - common
ii  lyx-qt                     1.3.4-2       High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-support               3.28-1        MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  preview-latex-style        0.9.1-1       LaTeX style files for editor embed
ii  tetex-bin                  2.0.2-30      The teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra                2.0.2c-8      Additional library files of teTeX

-- debconf information:
  lyx/upgrade-notice: