Subject: Re: AbiWord 0.9.4.1 bug in text editing
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Oct 07 2001 - 07:13:13 CDT
Hi Phil,
You've built a debug version of abiword. That assert is well
known and as far as I can tell is completely harmless. Those asserts are
not built for release builds but are placed in the abiword code by the
developers to track down potential bugs.
Maybe the assert you report should be removed.
Cheers
Martin
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> I have discovered the following apparent bug (or perhaps, merely an
> overlooked debugging assert) in AbiWord 0.9.4.1:
>
> Start abiword from an xterm so that you see output from AbiWord. Do
> not close the xterm. You'll need it.
>
> Create a new document and enter a paragraph of justified text, six or more
> lines long. Place the insertion point in the middle of the paragraph and
> press the Enter key to break the paragraph into two. Press Enter again to
> insert a blank line between the two new paragraphs.
>
> Instead of moving the new second paragraph down, the following assert will
> be displayed in your xterm:
>
>
> **** (1) Assert ****
> **** (1) eor <= pgb.getLength() at fl_BlockLayout.cpp:2609 ****
> **** (1) Continue ? (y/n) [y] :
>
>
> If you answer 'y' to this assert, execution continues normally. If the
> user closes the xterm after starting AbiWord, though, or starts it from a
> window manager, then to all appearances AbiWord will simply cease to
> respond.
>
>
>
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