Linux - I cannot see the names of the files properly #2343

ghost · 2017-06-28T15:40:32Z

Version 0.8.1 when I open a file I see this

sbauer322 · 2017-06-28T15:50:07Z

That certainly is an odd one. Can you provide details about your operating system, and OS language settings (if applicable)? Also, does this happen anywhere else in Light Table, or it is just in the open dialog?

ghost · 2017-06-28T16:27:23Z

Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lighttable-bin/
In which commit did you fix it? Perhaps in lighttable-git is fixed.

ghost · 2017-06-29T14:16:06Z

In lighttable-git we have the same issue. Confirmed as I installed

MarcusE1W · 2017-06-30T17:41:53Z

I am using Archlinux as well and experience the same issue. However, I am pretty sure it has worked before and as the Lighttable binary package has not changed for a while I suspect it might have to do with Archlinux ?

pitalig · 2017-06-30T19:42:40Z

Same issue here in Manjaro Linux.

celliern · 2017-07-06T23:20:47Z

Same error. Trying to evaluate inline python code leads to unicode error.

I highly suspect that lighttable is built with py2 and has a conflict with ArchLinux default python env (which is py3).

I will try to force py2 use with the instruction on the Arch Wiki

noxecane · 2017-07-18T01:27:29Z

Anyone with a fix for this, was trying this for the first time and this is what I faced(also using arch linux). Perharp @cldwalker could help with some advise

celliern · 2017-07-18T02:56:53Z

I'm sure it is caused by lighttable asking for py2 and archlinux giving py3 as default. Did not achieve to fix it to... Maybe the devs can do something... Le 17 juil. 2017 21:27, à 21:27, Arewa Olakunle <notifications@github.com> a écrit:

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Anyone with a fix for this, was trying this for the first time and this is what I faced -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #2343 (comment)

noxecane · 2017-07-19T01:02:35Z

I have given up already, gone back to emacs... Hope it gets fixed regardless

ghost · 2017-07-20T06:52:12Z

Same issue here - has rendered LightTable unusable for me. I have tried both pre-built and own-built binaries, to no avail. Running Fedora 26 - Gnome.

rundis · 2017-07-22T18:58:04Z

Ouch. Well LT has changed for a quite a while, so it must be something platform/os related. I'll have a go at a few distros to see if I can reproduce.

rundis · 2017-07-22T20:19:15Z

Just installed fedora 24. Worked as expected. Same with ubuntu (14 though).

rundis · 2017-07-22T20:27:03Z

@celliern how is this the same issue. Evaluating python code is surely not the same as the file dialog not working (as in not showing file names properly) ? That sounds like a problem with the LT python plugin... which btw has several reported issues related to problems with python support (and which is lacking a maintainer btw !).

mwooller · 2017-07-22T20:34:02Z

I have a workaround which is to start lighttable from a cli and supply a directory path as an argument, that means I don't need to go near the file dialog. Thank you for looking into this.

celliern · 2017-07-22T21:21:00Z

Just a guess based on the fact that all the issues seems to happen with archlinux based distribution which has python3 default and one of the notable differences between py2 and py3 is how it deal with Unicode. It's a clue, nothing more.. ⁣Envoyé par TypeApp Le 22 juil. 2017 16:27, à 16:27, Magnus Rundberget <notifications@github.com> a écrit:

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@celliern how is this the same issue. Evaluating python code is surely not the same as the file dialog not working (as in not showing file names properly) ? That sounds like a problem with the LT python plugin... which btw has several reported issues related to problems with python support (and which is lacking a maintainer btw !). -- You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #2343 (comment)

sbauer322 · 2017-07-25T23:05:39Z

I would concur that this is likely an issue with some combination of py2/py3/the python plugin/ArchLinux.

sbauer322 · 2017-07-29T13:12:43Z

Happens on ParrotOS as well #2349

sbauer322 · 2017-07-29T13:14:06Z

Potentially a problem with our (rather old) electron version given that the character encoding issue is limited to the file chooser, which comes from electron.

ghost · 2017-07-31T14:22:25Z

Happens the same on Fedora 26.
Tell me if I can do further research that can help fixing this issue.
Thanks for the fix in advance.

ghost · 2017-08-01T15:24:15Z

Interestingly the self same problem can be seen with another Electron based project, GitKraken. It is certainly electron related and I am wondering if I should raise the issue with them...

sbauer322 · 2017-08-01T20:07:21Z

I've only used GitKraken on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Ubuntu so I cannot confirm if they have a problem but Electron would indeed be the common thread between the two.

nurizzahudin · 2017-08-05T14:51:14Z

same issue here (on antergos)
and i agree with @sbauer322, i also suspect electron that caused this problem.
i experienced the same bug with pingendo, which as far as i know is another electron based apps

pacuna · 2017-08-07T02:40:06Z

same issue with Fedora 26 and Gnome

sirolf2009 · 2017-08-11T11:44:56Z

Just bumped into the same issue on debian

It's strange though, because I don't think I had this issue a few days ago. I think it came after installing some themes, but after playing around a bit in tweak tool I didn't manage to revert it.

$ uname -a
Linux northpool2 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 (2017-06-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster)
Release:	testing
Codename:	buster
$ python3 --version
Python 3.4.2
$ python --version
Python 2.7.13

prertik · 2019-01-21T18:25:52Z

Hmmm. Okay, regarding this and further problems, I am now starting and maintaining a fork of LightTable and doing a future re-write. You can find it here: LightTable-forked.

simon-brooke · 2019-01-22T09:32:05Z

Thank you for this. I had a serious look at the codebase with the idea of doing the same thing, but decided it was just too big a project to take on. It definitely needs a maintainer!

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JohnRobson · 2019-02-08T19:31:09Z

Hey people, no pressure, let's calm down. We have few human resources and coding/refactoring are Eternal Tasks. Take your time. Don't worry, be happy ;)

omendezmorales · 2019-03-10T20:52:31Z

Hey there, I experience the same issue with Lubuntu 18.04. Anayone knows whether there's already a mantainer appointed? Cheers!

prertik · 2019-03-11T02:56:38Z

@omendezmorales #2389 👀

omendezmorales · 2019-03-21T10:12:08Z

Hey @prertik ,
I know you must be real busy doing maintenance, but do you do live coding sessions while maintaining? I was thinking it might have two fold benefits:

ppl new to the language -like me- can get acquainted faster with it
there might be some good suggestions from ppl watching, in order to come up with a better fix -maybe-

If you do decide to do this live coding session(s), please let me know. Thanks a bunch!

prertik · 2019-03-21T10:20:02Z

Good idea, @omendezmorales! But, sadly I cannot do live coding sessions now. I have some other tasks I have to do and during some free time I get, I try to fix LT. There are a lot of tasks I need to oversee currently in LT core. But, after updating LT and cutting a new release, I'm definitely open to do live coding sessions. Maybe I'll start one while updating plugins(in the near future). I'll ping you when I plan to do so. Thanks.

omendezmorales · 2019-04-20T20:40:57Z

Thanks for posting the workaround, @kaushikdeb. I'm using Lubuntu Ubuntu 18.04.2, and can confirm the fix works too ;-)

tiagofrancafernandes · 2019-05-09T15:02:20Z

Version 0.8.1 when I open a file I see this

https://github.com/ArchI3Chris/LightTable-Square-Fix

simon-brooke · 2019-06-11T08:53:07Z

I can confirm @ArchI3Chris' fix works in Ubuntu 18.04.

@ArchI3Chris, where did you get this version of libpango from? Is it an 'official' version, or is it a tweaked version?

I can't find a public source repository for pango. The project's home page does not appear to list it and neither does the Gnome developers page.

Correction: I'm wrong. The public repository is git://git.gnome.org/pango.

A way I can see of proceeding is to edit the LightTable script/build-app.sh file to do the following

Check whether the version of libpangoft is a suitable version;
if not, clone the latest stable from the Gnome public repository;
build it;
perform the tasks build-app.sh does now;
copy and symlink libpangoft into the target directory.

Does anyone have any tweaks to, or objections to, this plan, or should I just go ahead?

simon-brooke · 2019-06-11T09:14:19Z

Update: attempting to clone git://git.gnome.org/pango fails for me with 'connection reset by peer'; attempting to clone git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/pango.git fails for me with 'git@gitlab.gnome.org: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).'

So it looks as though only Gnome maintainers can clone. Allegedly you can check libpangoft out from CVS (!) and build it using a tool called jhbuild, but that seems a long way down the rabbit hole.

It might be worth starting at the other end, and asking: why does the version of Electron we're using depend on a not-widely-adopted version of libpangoft, and could we downgrade to a less bleeding-edge version of Electron without losing functionality.

ArchI3Chris · 2019-06-11T10:56:37Z

@simon-brooke I think I did use something official, like the repo of another distro or some collective repo for a number of distros. I'm not sure, since it was a long time ago. But I can tell you, that even back then it was not easy to find and has cost me quite some time.

Although, if you don't trust my files, these days it seems, if you would just enter it on Google:
https://www.google.at/search?q=libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4000.5+download&oq=libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4000.5+download

There is a fair chance, you would find something like this in the first link:
https://debian.pkgs.org/9/debian-main-amd64/libpangoft2-1.0-0_1.40.5-1_amd64.deb.html

Where you have a download link:
http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pango1.0/libpangoft2-1.0-0_1.40.5-1_i386.deb

Under download and binary package. For example.

The files would then be in the data.tar.xz file in the deb archive. So, you can just extract them out of the deb archive.

simon-brooke · 2019-06-11T15:26:43Z

Hey, I'm not accusing you of dodgy binaries! Just trying to establish provenance.

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ArchI3Chris · 2019-06-11T17:22:44Z

Relax. I didn't take it that way. I just showed you how you find it in official repos, since it has gotten a lot easier than it was back then.

rkraneis · 2019-08-12T15:05:57Z

For CentOS 7, official binaries are found here: https://buildlogs.centos.org/c7.1708.00/pango/20170805142921/1.40.4-1.el7.x86_64/

Daniel-Osei · 2020-04-27T22:52:48Z

Same with me as well, cant see text when opening gimp and when uploading files to browser :: ParrotSec

ghost · 2020-05-07T09:49:55Z

"Light Table - the next generation code editor". This is what I can see when I open 0.8.1 version (Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS):

ArchI3Chris · 2020-05-07T12:04:28Z

@kopaczew And the not-reading continues. Do yourself a favor and google LightTable and you will find out, that the project has been dropped in 2016. This thing has been outdated for 4 years! On Arch Linux it doesn't even work anymore at all. Secondly, I've presented a solution back in January 2018, more than 2 years ago. You can find the solution in this very conversation. You don't even have to go to another page. Can you please READ before you complain? It's OVER! DONE! FINISHED! GOODBYE! DEAD FISH BELLY UP!

OrdoFlammae · 2020-05-07T14:27:24Z

I think that @prertik is trying to revive LightTable, but it's going to take some work, since it's a pretty large project, and very outdated (which is why this bug appears).

prertik · 2020-05-07T14:34:45Z

Yes, I've been working on and off on rewriting LT. Please have patience for few months... I can't say when it'll be ready for testing and all but, when it is in that stage when I can show it to everyone, I would do it immediately.

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