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hugovk opened this issue Aug 7, 2024 · 1 comment
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macOS installer: unreadable text in dark mode #122782

hugovk opened this issue Aug 7, 2024 · 1 comment
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3.12 only security fixes OS-mac topic-installation type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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hugovk commented Aug 7, 2024

Bug report

Bug description:

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install the 3.12.5 macOS installer from https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3125/

  2. Click through to the Read Me:

Actual result

Some text is white on white background and unreadable:

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It's this text in code formatting: "SecTrustEvaluateWithError: symbol not found"

If I highlight the text with my mouse, it is temporarily readable:

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Expected result

All text is white (or a non-dark colour) on black (or a dark colour).

Looks okay in light mode:

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This was added in #122774, the added text is:

\f4\fs23\fsmilli11900 \cf2 \cb3 \expnd0\expndtw0\kerning0
SecTrustEvaluateWithError: symbol not found. 
\f0\fs24 \cf0 \cb1 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0

See also previous issue: #103290.

CPython versions tested on:

3.12

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

@hugovk hugovk added type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error OS-mac topic-installation 3.12 only security fixes labels Aug 7, 2024
@ned-deily ned-deily self-assigned this Aug 7, 2024
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Burned by rtf and the macOS Installer.app again! Thanks for the report. The ReadMe file included with the 3.12.6 macOS installer has been edited (01748b7) and no longer has this problem.

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