Comment 18 for bug 1416674

- the original bug report that triggered this change was https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/165665

- the original discussion thread was: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/37630

- the original commit was: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/10742

- the first attempt to revert the change was: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/45712
This attempt failed because I was not able to successfully set a default font after reverting the change.

- the second attempt to revert the change was: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/46041
This attempt failed because the entered text often consisted entirely of dots and dashes, no
text, but at the same time it did show up correctly in the Text and Font dialog box preview
area in the docked dialog.

- the third attempt to revert the change was today:
This attempt failed because I cannot compile Inkscape, errors shown above.

Needless to say, I apologize profusely for initiating this whole mess. Having never before worked on a project of this size or complexity, I had no idea what I was starting when I made the original commit. I assumed naively that the change would be reversible, which was clearly wrong. Any help from any side would be greatly appreciated, particularly from Windows developers. I do not believe that I can contribute anything more to fix this problem, since I do not have the competence to do so.