Ubuntu obsolete xclip version not supporting unicode
Bug #327658 reported by
Yotam Benshalom
This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| xclip |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| xclip (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xclip
Intrepid and Jaunty currently use xclip 0.8. This version does not support unicode strings, and cannot read or write them properly. For example, selecting the Hebrew word יש and issuing a "$ xclip -o" command yields the output "u05d9u05e9".
The upstream version, 0.11, supports unicode strings and passes them flawlessly. This has its uses, for example, in translation software.
I ask for the inclusion of a current version of xclip in Jaunty, and, if possible, to backport it to Intrepid too.
| Changed in xclip (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in xclip: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
Revision history for this message
| rduke15 (rduke15) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in xclip: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in xclip (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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Until Ubuntu has an updated version of xclip, one can use the debian package from squeeze: http://
It is version 0.12-1. I had no dependency problem to install it in Jaunty and this unicode/utf-8 problem seems to be fixed.