SVN - Feedback

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This issue is open for anyone to post feedback, issues, suggestions, whatever 
regarding the current SVN version.

Thank you.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by JerryCasiano on 16 Jun 2014 at 10:49

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The autogen script says I need automake >= 1.1, but after I commented out the 
related variable inside, it worked:

checking for automake >= 1.9...
  testing automake-1.11... found 1.11.3

Original comment by john.pan...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 4:01

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Hi Jerry, 

very awesome application you have, a good font manager (especially for GTK) is 
really missing.

One feature that should be simple but is great for logo design is to be able to 
choose the displayed text freely in the "Browse" view. What do you think? Also, 
some fonts have weird names where I would prefer to check how my custom text 
looks, quickly. I didn't find that option.

Cheers & thanks,

Wolf

Original comment by w.vollpr...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 4:11

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@ w.vollprecht

Sounds like a good idea to me.

I'll look into adding that over the weekend.

Thanks.

Original comment by JerryCasiano on 25 Jun 2014 at 4:47

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I think you loose too much vertical pixels, with four horizontal bars (from 
title to the lower one). I find it esthetically wrong too. Why do you use a 
central one?

The "waterfall" and other buttons could appear in the lower bar (you already 
display categories and collections buttons) in this vertical area. Furthermore, 
the slider from small A to big A appears too large.

Alternatively, everything could appear at the top. It's more conventional.

Anyway, it's an excellent work. Thanks.

Original comment by viale.fa...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2014 at 7:03

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@viale.fabrice

Not sure what you mean by four vertical bars. If you are running in an 
environment that supports HeaderBar, the controls become part of the window 
decoration. So you can't really count that.

As far as the central location of the selector, it's the only thing that breaks 
up those two sections. Otherwise they would simply run into each other 
separated only by a pixel?

In any case, I would really need to see a mockup of your suggestion to decide 
if it's an improvement worth pursuing or not. 

;-)

Original comment by JerryCasiano on 25 Jun 2014 at 7:41

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@ john.pankov

It would help to know what OS and version the problem occurs on.

I only test on Fedora and Ubuntu, Arch has a package in AUR font-manager-svn so 
I know it builds on current versions of those systems without workarounds.

Original comment by JerryCasiano on 25 Jun 2014 at 9:47

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Hi,

I like the new look. Lots of useful functionality there.

Made a gmail a/c just 4 this.

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 x64 and I notice that it lists system fonts and user 
fonts.

All well and good. However, I install fonts to both root and local folders 
depending on their use, but when I try and remove a font from the normal user 
UI it only lists user fonts.

It would be good if you could add a pop-up with 'this is a system font do you 
really want to remove it?' and then a sudo password prompt.

Then you wouldn’t have to start Font Manager as root to manage these system 
font files,

What do you think? Is that possible? Or can you do that and I'm missing 
something?

Original comment by chmp2...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2014 at 3:29

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@ chmp2323

Running Font Manager as root is not supported/recommended.

System-wide font installation/removal using PolicyKit may be included in a 
future version, far future. Very, very low priority.

However, only fonts installed through the application would be available for 
removal.
Font Manager will never include any option that would allow for deleting system 
files that it doesn't own. 

Of course, the code is open so anyone is welcome to do as they please. But I 
certainly won't be implementing that.

Sorry.

Original comment by JerryCasiano on 30 Jun 2014 at 3:51

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Hi Jerry

Thanks for swift reply.

That makes sense I suppose.

It was more just to manage a fonts package I downloaded thru Ubuntu Software 
Centre that had loads of superfluous fonts. 

I thought this feature might have added some extra usefulness. But as you point 
out it's probably not a good idea- and there's other ways of doing it.

Thanks again.

Original comment by chmp2...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2014 at 4:02

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Just installed this and first impressions are that it is light years beyond the 
version in the Ubuntu 14.04 repository.  It addresses one of the two main 
problems I had with the original.  The other issue remains.  They are:
1)  Slow start up.  Five minutes for the interface to be displayed, a further 
five minutes for the interface to become responsive.  During the first five 
minutes, hard disk read at 50Mb/s and one of four cores maxed, followed by one 
maxed core for the next five minutes.  The interface is up in seconds and 
responsive in under a minute.  Well done!
2)  When I change the sample text (I use font-manager to manage lots of 
Japanese fonts) it does not persist between sessions.  I would like to change 
the default sample text so that it is always used.

Overall, very impressed with what you've done with this.  I'm sure it will be 
no major difficulty to allow the user to persistently change the sample text.  
Thanks for your hard work.

Original comment by tmartin....@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2014 at 12:04

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Thanks.

Your suggestion is implemented in SVN and if you are using the PPA an update 
should be available shortly.

Still plan on allowing users to change preview text everywhere and save 
different samples. But haven't had much time lately...

Original comment by JerryCasiano on 10 Oct 2014 at 12:16

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Upgrade has just come through.  Working as claimed.  Fantastic!  This has 
become a real pleasure to use.  Thanks again for making this such a useable and 
useful application.

Original comment by tmartin....@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2014 at 6:27