Fixed width font on inline code blocks

[meshy]

ScudCloud Version

Paste the output for scudcloud --version below:

/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/scudcloud/notifier.py:3: PyGIWarning: Notify was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Notify
ScudCloud 1.31
Python 3.5.2
Qt 4.8.7
PyQt 4.11.4
SIP 4.18

Distro and Desktop info

• Distribution: Manjaro Linux
• Version/Release: 16.08
• Desktop environment: GNOME Shell 3.20.4

  Expected behavior

Code in backticks (ie ````) appear in a fixed-width font (as on the slack website):

Actual behavior

Code does not appear in a fixed width font:

Steps to reproduce

1. Type test in the message box at the bottom.

[raelgc]

Hi @meshy and thank you for reporting this issue.

Make sure any equivalent of ttf-mscorefonts-installer or ttf-ms-* is installed (they provide Courier New.

[meshy]

Would it be possible to define a fallback font instead? I'd rather not install those fonts, as they tend to mess up web-browsing.

[raelgc]

Any of this family: Monaco, Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, monospace.

[meshy]

I don't have any of those as explicit fonts, but I am aware that in a browser monospace should fall back to a monospace font. Does scudcloud use anything akin to a web (browser) view to render the UI?

If so, perhaps this is a bug with the underlying library?

[raelgc]

Yeap, it uses qtwebview, which relies in webkit. But its using a kind-of old version, which has some issues with CSS and fonts. There is the qt5 branch, which uses a new, but still has issue with systray.

[meshy]

Aah, I see. In that case, I guess I'll just put up with it for the moment! Thanks for looking into it for me :)

[raelgc]

Just thinking in another fix to avoid font install: if you know any fixed width font in your system, you can edit the resources/resources.css file and add it to the these line:

pre, pre > span { font-family: Monaco,Menlo,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace; }

Not sure if you're using a package manager, so maybe any update probably will overwrite this file (in .deb packages you can use dpkg-divert to avoid this).

[raelgc]

Hi @meshy, is this still an issue for you after the upgrade to qt5?

[meshy]

I'm afraid I switched over the the official Slack client for the moment, so I'm unable to test this, sorry.

[raelgc]

@meshy no worries, the official app is awesome