can't change fonts under RHEL5

[Steve Huff]

I've built Terminator 0.95 on RHEL5.5, with the following packages
installed:

dbus-python-0.70
gnome-python2-2.16.0
gnome-python2-gconf-2.16.0
gnome-terminal-2.16
pango-1.14
python-2.4.3
vte-0.14

Please let me know if there are any other dependencies you'd like me to
report. Terminator appears to basically function; running `terminator`
produces a resizable terminal window, and I can split the window as
desired. I don't see an option to run a graphical configuration editor,
but I don't expect that, given how old the system is.

The most obvious issue is that the font seems garbled; kerning is wrong,
glyphs overlap, and there's no antialiasing. In addition, I have tried
several different ways to change the font settings, and I have been
unable to get any other font to display in Terminator.

Here's the config I'm currently using:

--- begin config ---
[global_config]
focus = system
[keybindings]
[profiles]
  [[default]]
    use_system_font = false
    font = Inconsolata 14
    copy_on_selection = true
[layouts]
  [[default]]
    [[[child1]]]
      type = Terminal
      parent = window0
      profile = default
    [[[window0]]]
      type = Window
      parent = ""
--- end config ---

I've attached the output of `terminator -d` as a separate file, since
it's a bit verbose.

Adding or removing a "use_system_font" directive doesn't seem to have
any effect on how Terminator renders its font.

Have I written a valid config file? Should I be specifying a font in
some other way?

[Mike Miller (mtmiller)]

I saw the same thing the other day when I upgraded from 0.93 to 0.95. The following patch works around some missing declarations in vte-0.14.0, should get your fonts working again. Tested under RHEL 5.2 and CentOS 5.5.

[Steve Huff (shuff)]

I can confirm that your fix works on RHEL 5.6, and I've included your patch in the RPMforge terminator-0.95-3.el5 package. Thanks!

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

Thanks for identifying the issue and providing a patch. I've committed a slightly reworked version to trunk as revision 1256, which will be included in 0.96