+ // there is a bug in at least pango <= 1.13 which makes it (or its backends)
+ // segfault for very big point sizes and for negative point sizes.
+ // To workaround that bug for pango <= 1.13
+ // (see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340229)
+ // we do the check on the size here using same (arbitrary) limits used by
+ // pango > 1.13. Note that the segfault could happen also for pointsize
+ // smaller than this limit !!
+ wxString str(s);
+ const size_t pos = str.find_last_of(_T(" "));
+ double size;
+ if ( pos != wxString::npos && wxString(str, pos + 1).ToDouble(&size) )
+ {
+ wxString sizeStr;
+ if ( size < 1 )
+ sizeStr = _T("1");
+ else if ( n >= 1E6 )
+ sizeStr = _T("1E6");
+
+ if ( !sizeStr.empty() )
+ {
+ // replace the old size with the adjusted one
+ str = wxString(s, 0, pos) + sizeStr;
+ }
+ }
+
+ description = pango_font_description_from_string( wxGTK_CONV_SYS( str ) );