Panel not correctly displayed in XMgrace due to small screen

[Nicola Ferralis]

Binary package hint: grace

when the version of xmgrace (5.1.22) is installed on a netbook (tested on Dell mini 9), the non-linear fitting panel is not correctly displayed, preventing the correct use. This is due to the reduced vertical space in the dell mini.

To reproduce:
1. Install grace
2. Run xmgrace
3. Go to: Data -> Transformations -> Non-linear fitting
4. Select a number of parameters for the fitting.

Expected:
The panel with the details of the parameters are displayed.

Actual:
No details are provided, the panel is moved at the side of the panel and not visible.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Path to decrease vertical size of the not-aligned panel, that fixes this bug.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Patch to decrease vertical size of the not-aligned panel, that fixes this bug, attached.

(Sorry for the double post)

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Please report this bug to the webpage (try to submit this bug to forum):
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

First it should be resolved there.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

I will report it upstream.

However I don't think we need to wait upstream for this, given the very simple patch. At the very least it should be fixed in the version for hardy specifically designed for the netbooks (dell-mini project).

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Upstream bug report:

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=3917

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Looking at the attachments in this bug report, I noticed that "nl_netbook.diff" was not flagged as a patch. A patch contains changes to an Ubuntu package that will resolve a bug and this attachment is one! Subsequently, I've checked the patch flag for it. In the future when submitting patches please use the patch checkbox as there are some Launchpad searches that use this feature. You can learn more about patch workflow at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Patches. Thanks for your contribution feranick!

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Sorry... That was my first patch... I'll make sure to flag it next time.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

New patch. In addition to the fix in the previous patch, this fixes the screen size for the "edit line" panel. Tested and fully working.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

New patch: in addition to previous fixes, it resize the read/write panels to fit vertically the small screen of a netbook. The panel would otherwise introduce artifacts.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

I am attaching a pdf with screenshots of the four panels that are fixed with the patch: netbook_small_screen_2.diff

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Patched binaries available for:

Hardy:
https://launchpad.net/~hardybleed/+archive/ppa/+packages

Jaunty:
https://launchpad.net/~jauntybleed/+archive/ppa/+packages

Karmic:
https://launchpad.net/~karmic-bleed/+archive/ppa/+packages

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Fixed in Debian in version 1:5.1.22-3

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

grace (1:5.1.22-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
    - Adopt the package. (Closes: #459483)
    - Drop Suggests on grace-utils and Build-Depends option on g77, both no
      longer in the archive.
    - Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No packaging changes necessary.
    - Remove Xs- prefix from Vcs-Svn.
  * debian/rules: Remove call to dh_desktop.
  * debian/grace.pre{inst,rm}: Set -e.
  * Add trivial manpage for grace-thumbnailer(1), links to grace(1).
  * Add debian/README.source.
  * New patches:
    - rmsdiff.patch: Display RMS percentage error as an actual percentage.
      Patch courtesy of Alex Valavanis. (Closes: #533761, 533762)
    - netbook_small_screen_2.diff: Improve display on small-resolution
      screens. Patch from feranick, Ubuntu LP #389238.
    - motiflockup.patch: Fix joint grace/X lockup when selecting new data
      set under certain circumstances. (Closes: #567323)
   * Updated patches:
    - grace_manpage_debian_warning.diff: Add whatis entry to grconvert(1).
 -- Alex Valavanis <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:05:58 +0000