Crash pango with italic characters

[sambo57u]

JabRef 5.0-beta.360--2020-01-21--7ddfd9f
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 13.0.2+8)
pango-1.44.7
Fedora Linux 31

When I open jabref with the attached bib file, it opens ok but when I try to use the scroll bar to scroll down about half way through jabref crashes with the message:

Pango:ERROR:../pango/pango-context.c:1434:itemize_state_process_run: assertion failed: (state->run_end != state->run_start)
Bail out! Pango:ERROR:../pango/pango-context.c:1434:itemize_state_process_run: assertion failed: (state->run_end != state->run_start)
Aborted (core dumped)

JacekD.bib.gz

[Siedlerchr]

I am not a LInux expert and on Windows I cannot encounter a problem, but it might be related to Font stuff. E.g. Maybe there is a problem with the font or the Unicode-italic rendering in the form here.
Maybe one of the other fedora users can reproduce this problem.
But I would close this issue as it seems to be some javafx/linux problems which we can't do anything about here

[sambo57u]

It is related to unicode characters. I am not sure why you closed it since it core dumps jabref on a stable Linux distribution and core dump is always a bug!

[Siedlerchr]

Well, the problem is not in JabRef itself I think, but either in JavaFX or the pango library.
You better should report this bug to the pango team as this error dump is clearly related to pango.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues

You could try to change the Font in settings and see if that helps.

[sambo57u]

Hi, I narrowed it down to a single reference. The attached bib file crashes jabref every time. It seems like the latex sequence in Garc'{\i}a-Recio crashes jabref.

crash.bib.gz

[sambo57u]

NOTE: Look at the actual bib file since the pasting into message missed a \

[sambo57u]

It is '{\i} that is making jabref coredump. Removing the slash works ok '{i}

[Siedlerchr]

@sambo57u Yes, that's what I suspected as well. It's the latex command for displaying text in italics.
Could you try to convert it using the latex2unicode formatter and test if that works?

[sambo57u]

Yes, using http://latex2unicode.herokuapp.com/ for interactive testing produces the correct dotless i
with French accent.

[sambo57u]

I guess this is passed to Pango after conversion that somehow leads to jabref coredump. Pango I have is the latest one. And as jabref I am using today's rpm build.

[Siedlerchr]

I think this issue is not in JabRef's , it's beyond our realm and we cannot do anything about this. Therefore I'm closing this issue.