[Upstream] LibreOffice clears clipboard contents on exit
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LibreOffice |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Bug Description
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
1) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
Installed: 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1:
500 http://
apt-cache policy gedit
gedit:
Installed: 3.4.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.4.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) What is expected to happen in a blank Writer document is type hello, copy, close Writer, and attempt to paste in gedit and it does. However, one may perform the same action in reverse successfully.
WORKAROUND: Copy and paste before closing LibreOffice.
WORKAROUND: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 16 21:18:14 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
description: | updated |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
no longer affects: | libreoffice (Ubuntu) |
Problem description: After copying some text, the application was exited by the user before opening another application to paste to. The content was no longer in the clipboard after closing lowriter.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Select and copy some text in LibreOffice Writer.
2. Close Writer as well as any other instances of LO.
3. Open any text editor and try to paste the content.
Expected Outcome: The text should paste and become visible.
Actual Outcome: Nothing happens & the "Paste" option in the menu may show the applications default appearance for no content, if any.
Platform (if different from the browser):
Ubuntu 12.04
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0