Parcellite Needs AutoTrim Feature Added

[Lonnie Lee Best]

Binary package hint: parcellite

I lobbied to get Parcellite as a default application at work, where it is now being used on hundreds of workstations daily.

I have a feature request:

Provide an option in Parcellite's preferences menu for "Auto Trim".

I find myself copying and pasting a lot of different information that is coming from web sites and web based work applications (which do not always reveal whitespace you are highlighting before doing a copy). Often, when copying (as accurately as the eye can see) copied-text will later be pasted and reveal that it is "encapsulated in undesired whitespace" such as spaces, tabs, and line-breaks.

I wish I could get Parcellite to trim that white space from the beginning and end of each thing I copy or cut. It would save us so much time for most things. Even if this wouldn't be a default option, it would be one a lot of people would discover and use if it were available in the preferences.

Plus, the feature seems simple to add to Parcellite (from a developer's perspective).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: parcellite 0.9.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 14 02:44:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: parcellite

[Pander (pander)]

Better report that at https://sourceforge.net/projects/parcellite/support?source=navbar (if the bug is still valid) and close this bug here.