[Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
Since I can remember it is always almost impossible to copy text out of Openoffice with just selecting the text and paste it somewhere else with the middle mouse button (is there a name for this great unix/linux-
When you select a text in Openoffice and want to paste it with the middle mouse button in e.g. a Firefox text form or Kate, the pasted text is cut off. The exact position where it's cut off is not always the same and if you select e.g. only a few words it works. Most of the times the start of the selection is shown, but also sometimes the middle part or the end part.
There seems to be some kind of structure in this bug:
1. How further down into the document you select the text, how bigger the problem.
2. How more selections you make, how bigger the problem.
Above rules are not always the same, so maybe it's coincidence.
The bug is also present in reverse (dropping into Openoffice, although not as worse as into Openoffice), except for formatted content from out of Firefox (that is pasted 100% correct, i.
This bug is very important if you are someone who wants to quickly select and drop text from out of or into Openoffice. All the other applications in Linux don't have this problem. Please fix?!
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
status: | Confirmed → New |
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
tags: | added: kubuntu |
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Roman Shtylman (shtylman) → nobody |
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Expired → New |
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
Corrections:
*"(dropping into Openoffice, although not as worse as into Openoffice)" should be >> "(dropping into Openoffice, although not as worse as out of Openoffice)"
*"(that is pasted 100% correct, i." should be >> "(that is pasted 100% correct, incl. weblinks, etc...)"