if (strwidth_cache_.contains(s))
return strwidth_cache_[s];
PROFILE_CACHE_MISS(width);
- /* For some reason QMetrics::width returns a wrong value with Qt5
- * with some arabic text. OTOH, QTextLayout is broken for single
- * characters with null width (like \not in mathed). Also, as a
- * safety measure, always use QMetrics::width with our math fonts.
+ /* Several problems have to be taken into account:
+ * * QFontMetrics::width does not returns a wrong value with Qt5 with
+ * some arabic text, since the glyph-shaping operations are not
+ * done (documented in Qt5).
+ * * QTextLayout is broken for single characters with null width
+ * (like \not in mathed).
+ * * While QTextLine::horizontalAdvance is the right thing to use
+ * for text strings, it does not give a good result with some
+ * characters like the \int (gyph 4) of esint.
+
+ * Also, as a safety measure, always use QFontMetrics::width with
+ * our math fonts.
*/
int w = 0;
- if (s.length() == 1
+ // is the string a single character from a math font ?
#if QT_VERSION >= 0x040800
- || font_.styleName() == "LyX"
+ bool const math_char = s.length() == 1 || font_.styleName() == "LyX";
+#else
+ bool const math_char = s.length() == 1;
#endif
- )
- w = metrics_.width(toqstr(s));
- else {
+ // keep value 0 for math chars with width 0
+ if (!math_char || metrics_.width(toqstr(s)) != 0) {
QTextLayout tl;
tl.setText(toqstr(s));
tl.setFont(font_);
tl.beginLayout();
QTextLine line = tl.createLine();
tl.endLayout();
- w = iround(line.horizontalAdvance());
+ if (math_char)
+ w = iround(line.naturalTextWidth());
+ else
+ w = iround(line.horizontalAdvance());
}
strwidth_cache_.insert(s, w, s.size() * sizeof(char_type));
return w;