Re: Odd Marks Appearing/Obtruding in documents...

Hi Everyone! Thanks for the prompt replies - My OS is also Ubuntu 9.04, and who knows? The problem *is* probably something to do with Ubuntu-New and also some GTK issue.... If anyone has any solution(s), don't hesitate to e-mail! Yours with all good Abiword wishes, - mehermuchacho --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Greg Heilers <gheilers_at_earthlink.net> wrote: > From: Greg Heilers <gheilers_at_earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: Odd Marks Appearing/Obtruding in documents... > To: abiword-user_at_abisource.com > Cc: mehermuchacho_at_yahoo.com > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:08 AM > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:09:10 -0700 > (PDT) > mehermuchacho <mehermuchacho_at_yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > Dear Abi-Sorcerers - > > > > This is just a little question. When I create a > document in my Abiword, and if I then use the UP and DOWN > arrows to scroll through the document, this leaves a trail > of big black vertical lines where the "cursor" has been as > it jumps through the document. > > > > I don't think these vertical lines (and occasional > larger black rectangles) really *EXIST* in the document (but > I haven't printed such a document so I don't know for > sure...) - they seem to me to be some software artefact of > the 'footprint' of the cursor... > > > > Has anyone else experienced this, and is there any way > to get it to stop occurring? > > > > Answers on an e-mail please, to: mehermuchacho_at_yahoo.com > ! > > > > And *T H A N K S* ! ! ! !  > > > > > > > > > I am running Abiword 2.6.3 on Slackware 12.2,  and it > runs fine. > However, over the summer, I played around with Ubuntu 9.04 > on my > laptop, and with the then-current Abiword package for > Ubuntu, and > I *did* experience similar "screen-garbage" - it seemed to > follow > the cursor, leaving underscores behind. > > > > > > -- > > Greg Heilers > Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 12.2 (2.6.27.7) > AUS > > For a revolutionary email program: > http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ > >     ..... > > > Clara Allen: [referring to Newt] Did you give that boy your > name before you left Montana? > > Woodrow Call:  I gave him my horse. > > Clara Allen:  [scornfully] But not your name. > > Woodrow Call:  I value the horse more than my name. > >           -- Larry McMurtry's > "Lonesome Dove" > >
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Received on Tue Oct 27 16:09:13 2009