Truncates text when copying to clipboard

[Nikolaus Rath]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

1. Save the attached file
2. Open a gnome-terminal
3. Type `cat typescript`
4. Select lines 1 to 132 (that's the one starting with #19)
5. Choose Edit -> Copy
6. Open e.g. gedit and paste the text
7. You will see only the first 35 lines, the rest has been cut off

I don't think the problem has anything to do with the output being too big. If you open the file in gedit, you can copy and paste it entirely without any problems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.29.6-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 12 13:12:33 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal

[Ian Blanes (ian-kewao)]

I think this is a duplicate of bug #544358, which fortunately was fixed in upstream six days ago, and waiting to be fixed in ubuntu.

Have you tried selecting all the 132 without holding the shift key?

A workaround is to left-click and scroll with the mouse wheel.

[Nikolaus Rath (nikratio)]

If I select the text without holding the shift copy, the "copy" entry in the Edit menu is greyed out and I can't copy anything at all. I did it all with the mouse.

[Nikolaus Rath (nikratio)]

...so no, this is not a duplicate of #544358, although I'm suffering from that bug as well. But this bug is about the text being copied *partially*.

[Ian Blanes (ian-kewao)]

I see. I'm also experiencing a mix of these two bugs. I experience bug #544358, but instead of the clipboard not being replaced, it is replaced with a truncated version of the selection. Although, no grayed menus here.

[Russ Tokuyama (russtoku)]

I've also experienced a selection created by a click at a starting point followed by shift+click at the ending point to not be copied. When pasting, the previous selection created by dragging over the desired text is still in the clipboard and is pasted instead of the new selection.

I've noticed this behavior in lxterminal and xfce-terminal.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

do you get the same using terminator (Terminal emulator) or xterm? that might be a vte issue.

[Nikolaus Rath (nikratio)]

Can't reproduce this anymore.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

marking this as fixed then, thanks for the info.