GTK3 fix. Workaround for bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679654 which prevents list_families() being called more than once to generate a list of fonts. Text reports and anything else which uses the PDF backend now works

svn: r20212

src/gui/utils.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from gen.ggettext import gettext as _
 # GNOME/GTK
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from gi.repository import PangoCairo
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -296,6 +297,47 @@ class ProgressMeter(object):
         """
         self.__dialog.destroy()
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# SystemFonts class
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class SystemFonts(object):
+    """
+    Define fonts available to Gramps    
+
+    This is a workaround for bug which prevents the list_families method
+    being called more than once.
+
+    The bug is described here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679654
+
+    This code generate a warning:
+    /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gi/types.py:47: 
+    Warning: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed
+
+    To get a list of fonts, instantiate this class and call get_system_fonts()
+    #TODO GTK3: the underlying bug may be fixed at some point in the future
+    """
+
+    __FONTS = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Populate the class variable __FONTS only once.
+        """
+        if SystemFonts.__FONTS is None:
+            families = PangoCairo.font_map_get_default().list_families()
+            print ('GRAMPS GTK3: a g_value_get_object warning:')
+            SystemFonts.__FONTS = [family.get_name() for family in families]
+            SystemFonts.__FONTS.sort()
+
+    def get_system_fonts(self):
+        """
+        Return a sorted list of fonts available to Gramps
+        """
+        return SystemFonts.__FONTS
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 #

src/gui/widgets/styledtexteditor.py

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ from gui.widgets.toolcomboentry import ToolComboEntry
 from gui.widgets.springseparator import SpringSeparatorAction
 from gui.spell import Spell
 from gui.display import display_url
+from gui.utils import SystemFonts
 from gen.config import config
 from gen.constfunc import has_display
 
@@ -175,24 +176,12 @@ class StyledTextEditor(Gtk.TextView):
                           (GObject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,)), # arguments
     }
     
-    FONTS = None
-
     def __init__(self):
         """Setup initial instance variable values."""
         self.textbuffer = UndoableStyledBuffer()
         self.textbuffer.connect('style-changed', self._on_buffer_style_changed)
         self.textbuffer.connect('changed', self._on_buffer_changed)
         GObject.GObject.__init__(self, buffer=self.textbuffer)
-        if StyledTextEditor.FONTS is None:
-            #TODO GTK3: How to do this different?
-            #workaround for bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679654
-            #but still gives error on output:
-            #/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gi/types.py:47: 
-            #   Warning: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed
-            print ('GRAMPS GTK3: a g_value_get_object warning:')
-            StyledTextEditor.FONTS = [f.get_name() for f in 
-                        self.get_pango_context().list_families()]
-            StyledTextEditor.FONTS.sort()
 
         self.match = None
         self.last_match = None
@@ -486,11 +475,12 @@ class StyledTextEditor(Gtk.TextView):
         
         # ...last the custom actions, which have custom proxies
         default = StyledTextTagType.STYLE_DEFAULT[StyledTextTagType.FONTFACE]
+        fonts = SystemFonts()        
         fontface_action = ValueAction(str(StyledTextTagType.FONTFACE),
                                       _("Font family"),
                                       default,
                                       ToolComboEntry,
-                                      StyledTextEditor.FONTS,
+                                      fonts.get_system_fonts(),
                                       False, #editable
                                       True, #shortlist
                                       None) # validator

src/plugins/lib/libcairodoc.py

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from gen.plug.report import utils as ReportUtils
 from gen.errors import PluginError
 from gen.plug.docbackend import CairoBackend
 from gen.utils.image import resize_to_buffer
+from gui.utils import SystemFonts
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -108,9 +109,8 @@ def set_font_families():
     """
     global font_families
     
-    ##families = pango_context.list_families()
+    fonts = SystemFonts()        
-    families = PangoCairo.font_map_get_default().list_families()
+    family_names = fonts.get_system_fonts()
-    family_names = [family.get_name() for family in families]
     
     fam = [f for f in _TTF_FREEFONT.itervalues() if f in family_names]
     if len(fam) == len(_TTF_FREEFONT):