[mythtv-users] theme problem--words get cut off; plus, a long and slightly OT PS

[steve.goodey at openreach.co.uk]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of James Miller
> Sent: 27 January 2011 21:50
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] theme problem--words get cut off; 
> plus, a long and slightly OT PS
> 
> I've had a particular problem with myth themes for some time 
> but am only now getting around to posting about it. This is 
> in reference, by the way, to a mythbuntu 10.04.1 system that 
> really only displays in SD owing to the monitor in use--a 31" 
> Gateway 2000 Destination that is only capable of 800x600 
> resolution (a resolution I'm fine with, by the way). The 
> problem is as follows.
> 
> I use the Mythcenter (non-widescreen) theme because that 
> looks best on this monitor. While it's generally serviceable, 
> there are some instances in which it presents a serious 
> problem--namely, when editing an intended recording's options 
> ("record only this showing" etc). The problem is that some of 
> the longer phrases get cut off: "record one showing of this 
> title every week" gets truncated, for example, to "record one 
> showing of this titl..." Thus, there are two options that 
> look exactly the same if you cannot see the final words 
> ("every week" or "every day").
> 
> I have not yet found a way to display all the text in the 
> field in question though it seems I should be able to do so. 
> Perhaps the problem is that I'm interacting with my mythbox 
> via a keyboard rather than via remote? I'm using a keyboard, 
> by the way, because I don't want to take on the additional 
> headache of getting a remote to work with this system.
> 
> What I've been doing when I confront this problem is to 
> temporarily switch to one of the widescreen themes--all of 
> which do not look good on this monitor, and most of which 
> manifest the same problem as Mythcenter non-widescreen 
> anyway--and to set the option there. Then I have to go back 
> and switch themes again to a more sane-looking one. This, as 
> should be evident, is not a very desirable workaround.
> 
> So, does anyone have an suggestion for fixing this problem, 
> i.e., making the Mythcenter theme display all the text in the 
> option box rather than truncating it with ellipsis in 
> instances where the text occupies more horizontal space than 
> the box allows? I've tried fiddling with font size but that 
> seems not to have given the desired effect. Is there, 
> perhaps, some other non-widescreen theme I might use that 
> could address this?
> 
> Thanks,
> James

Mythtv-theming had a thread about this.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/430651

Missing font was mentioned plus a hack to the theme was given.

But I also seem to remember that a "proper" fix was made. Not sure if this was in 0.24.

Steve.