[Pidgin] #8129: libcairo crashes Pidgin on Windows on startup

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#8129: libcairo crashes Pidgin on Windows on startup
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 Reporter:  yellowstar                               |        Owner:                 
     Type:  defect                                   |       Status:  new            
Milestone:                                           |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.4                                    |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  libcairo cairo_scaled_font_text_extents  |  
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Comment(by GinoMan2440):

 I tried the above and instead the space where you type your message in the
 IM window is really small, like 3 pixels tall, and can't be resized. The
 window is resizable but the issue was too cumbersome to continue testing
 so I terminated the program. Also, it seems that the program causing this
 error is Cairo, not Pango. specifically the issue is rendering fonts....
 which for whatever reason causes pidgin to crash. the issue though has to
 be gtk specific because both of those libraries are part of the gtk suite.
 no one has yet taken ownership of this ticket, this is clearly a bug and I
 do not have the development skills to fix it, and as I stated earlier, I'm
 not a fan of gtk and programs based on it, so I'm very unfamiliar with how
 to develop for those platforms as of yet.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8129#comment:39>
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