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giumaug

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[SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

I have an Archlinux box with Mate as desktop environment. I update my system about every 4 , 5 days.
After I updated the system one week ago, I noted a strange behavior with Mate terminal.
Because the character font is smaller than the cursor, the cursor has to be aligned with the text. In the past the cursor and the text
have always been aligned on the bottom i.e. the lower pixel line of each character is aligned with the lower pixel line of the cursor so there is a small margin on the top of the text.
After the two week ago update the text is aligned on the top with the cursor so now there is a small margin on the bottom of the text.
I don't know if this is a bug or new configuration. I tried to restore the old status with no success. I tried to change fonts, fonts size and
cursor shape with no success.
I noted the same behavior with Pluma so, considering a general Mate problem, I tried to change Mate settings from Dconf with no success.
Any idea how to switch back to the old configuration (cursor and text bottom aligned) I more in comfort with  ?

Last edited by giumaug (2023-10-19 16:30:17)

i_hate_windows

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

try another terminal application or dig around in settings to change the cursor, i prefer kde konsole with fish shell due to ease of use and customization

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

I noted the same behavior with Pluma so, considering a general Mate problem, I tried to change Mate settings from Dconf with no success.

Switching to a different TE (let alone one that draws in plasma) will likely not solve this.

@giumaug
1. please link a screenshot to illustrate the issue
2. "I tried to change fonts, fonts size and cursor shape with no success."
From what font, to which font. What's the output of

fc-match monospace

3. Check the pacman log, what packages were in the compromising update?
Afaict pluma uses gtksourceview4 which is not directly related to vte3, so either both got a bad patch or it's something beneath… or the font still.

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giumaug

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

correct url

peppe@peppe ~]$ fc-match monospace
NimbusMonoPS-Regular.otf: "Nimbus Mono PS" "Regular"
[peppe@peppe ~]$

Last edited by giumaug (2023-10-19 08:17:03)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

Fot - nimbus is notorious for bogus extents.
Remove the font or configure monospace to somethin nice, eg. Adobe source code pro.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Font_c … ault_fonts - ignore the locale tests.

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giumaug

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

I correct the pic url. Pic should appear now.

correct url

peppe@peppe ~]$ fc-match monospace
NimbusMonoPS-Regular.otf: "Nimbus Mono PS" "Regular"
[peppe@peppe ~]$

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

I saw the pic, did you understand that this is most likely because of the Nimbus font and that the suggestion would be to use a better™ one?

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giumaug

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

I saw the pic, did you understand that this is most likely because of the Nimbus font and that the suggestion would be to use a better™ one?

I understood and corrected the issue. Thanks for your kind answer.

Last edited by giumaug (2023-10-19 13:54:22)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Cursor not aligned with text in mate terminal

If the problem is solved please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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