2d modeline/buttons; modeline gets overwritten

[Christopher Menzel]

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This is a display bug.  I configured as indicated below, notably  
using gtk and xft for anti-aliased fonts.  The fonts are beautiful,  
and I have nice gtk menus and scrollbars, but the modeline is  
completely flat and 2d, unlike what I see in the gtk version that  
Ubuntu installs (which is not compiled with xft).  The buttons in the  
Emacs configuration windows are also 2d.  Much worse, however, is the  
fact that, when I am editing a LaTeX document, the modeline gets  
overwritten as I scroll down in a buffer, both by line and by  
screen.  This seems to be cause by lines that contain fonts that vary  
in size from the default, e.g., subscripts and section headings.   
This problem does not arise when I'm editing a straight text file and  
all fonts are the same size.  Perhaps relevant is the fact that I  
compiled the emacs-unicode-2 cvs version with gtk and xft and, while  
it was a bit too unstable to use with confidence, the modeline and  
buttons were 3d and the modeline did not get overwritten while  
editing LaTeX documents.

Comparing ldd output for my self-compiled version and the installed  
Ubuntu version shows very few differences:

UBUNTU VERSION (22.0.50.1)

        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7c61000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7bdd000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7bc2000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7bac000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7b86000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0  
(0xb7b7e000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7b4f000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7b42000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7b3a000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb7b36000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb7b2e000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb7b2b000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb7b22000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb7b1d000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7ae3000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb7a80000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb79b7000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0  
(0xb797d000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7979000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7975000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb78e3000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0  
(0xb78cf000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb78c6000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb78ae000)
        libtiff.so.4 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 (0xb785c000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb783d000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb781a000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7805000)
        libungif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libungif.so.4 (0xb77fe000)
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0xb77ee000)
        libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0xb7736000)
        libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb76f6000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb75c2000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fc3000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0  
(0xb7596000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb752c000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb750e000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb750b000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7505000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb74fc000)

SELF-COMPILED VERSION (22.0.50.1, cvs version)

        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7c73000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7bef000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7bd4000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0  
(0xb7bbe000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7b98000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0  
(0xb7b90000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7b61000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7b54000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7b4c000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb7b48000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb7b40000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb7b3d000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb7b34000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb7b2f000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7af5000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb7a92000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb79c9000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0  
(0xb798f000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0  
(0xb798b000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7987000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb78f5000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0  
(0xb78e1000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb78d8000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb78c0000)
        libtiff.so.4 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 (0xb786e000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb784f000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb782c000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7817000)
        libungif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libungif.so.4 (0xb7810000)
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0xb7800000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb77ee000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb76ba000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fd5000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0  
(0xb768e000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7624000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb7606000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7603000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb75fe000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb75f4000)

Other than the use of libXft, the only difference I see is that the  
Ubuntu version uses libasound and and libncurses, neither of which  
seems at all relevant.

Any help appreciated!  (NOTE: I'm sending this via my OS X mailer, as  
I do not have Ubuntu -- which is running in a Parallels VM --  
configured to send mail.)

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In GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.6)
of 2006-10-31 on ubuntu
X server distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-xft=yes'  
'--with-free
type' '--prefix=/usr''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
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