This may no longer apply to the current version, but in older versions of imosflm and mosflm, I needed to install some xfonts to get the windows to display text properly. These xfonts are also required for ccp4i to fit the fonts properly into the windows unless you like tweaking the install. In any event, these fonts will probably not harm anything. The microsoft fonts may also be desirable.

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer  # installs microsoft fonts
sudo apt-get install xfs xfstt xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi  # installs xfonts and xfont server

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On 6/25/2013 8:58 AM, Reginald McNulty wrote:
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I have seen this before. I would also check the screen resolution (size) used by the terminal to launch the program matches the largest size capable by your monitor. You can check and change this with the xrandr command. Type man xrandr for info.

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Reginald McNulty

On Jun 25, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Harry Powell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi

As David suggests, this is certainly a problem with fonts - you're getting a large variant of Courier; the default font in iMosflm is Helvetica, and it looks like your X-display isn't finding it for some reason.

You should be able to re-size the window by dragging out the bottom right hand corner of the "Processing options" window, even if there's no visible handle.

Ubuntu has been becoming less good at having "normal Linux things" installed by default over the last few years - I'm sure Canonical has very good reasons for this, but it has put me off recommending it.

On 25 Jun 2013, at 10:08, David Waterman wrote:

This might be a problem with fonts. On my laptop the menu items use a sans serif font and that particular window is just wide enough to fit all the items. The font also looks more attractive and readable than your screenshot. I'm guessing (from your desktop background!) that you also use Ubuntu. Unfortunately I can't remember how I set fonts up on my machine, but it may help to:

1) install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package
2) ensure the package gsfonts-x11 is *not* installed (this causes an incorrect mapping of unicode symbols so you get things like the registered trademark symbol appearing - an effect apparently known as "mojibake"...)

Cheers

-- David


On 25 June 2013 03:46, Thomas Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Has anyone else encountered this?  When I go to "processing options" in iMosflm 1.0.7, many of the parameters on the right hand side of the window are cut off, and there is no way to scroll over so that I can enter them.  I've attached link to a picture of what it looks like.



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