selection problem in pidgin

[markgalassi]

Binary package hint: pidgin

I have always selected and pasted from pidgin to other windows. Today I found that in the current version I'm using (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2, on an up-to-date ubuntu 8.04) inserts non-printing characters which look like spaces but mess up the pasting into a shell.

For example, if you type

cat filename | awk '{print $2, $3}'

to someone in the IM (I was using AIM protocol, but I doubt it's relevant), when they select and paste into a gnome-terminal window they will find weird messages because the white spaces are not really white spaces -- they have other junk.

If you paste into an emacs window you can see a bit of what went wrong: some non-printing characters have ended up in that selected string.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Hi, i am unable to reproduce this bug. Can you still reproduce it?

//magnus

[markgalassi (mark-galassi)]

    Magnus> Hi, i am unable to reproduce this bug. Can you still
    Magnus> reproduce it?

Not right now. Maybe it's OK.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.