Evolution loses CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY selection when mail editor window is closed

Bug #39513 reported by Mario Vukelic
14
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Evolution
Expired
Medium
gtkhtml3.14 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
* Open two new mails
* Type text in mail A
* Select text with left mouse button, Ctrl+C
* Close mail A, discard changes
* Try to paste in mail B by Ctrl+V or by middle mouse button
-> Nothing is pasted either way

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Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra) wrote :

Argh, I always forget that I can click versions in Malone.
This is on up-to-date Dapper, evo 2.6.1-0ubuntu1

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Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra) wrote :

_can't_ click, sorry

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug, that's known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258374

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in evolution:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra) wrote :

According to upstream: "This is fixed now in 2.29. Closing as OBSOLETE." Confirmed that it works in Lucid with 2.28.3, too.

Changed in evolution:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Confirmed → Expired
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