selection problem in pidgin
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pidgin (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
I have always selected and pasted from pidgin to other windows. Today I found that in the current version I'm using (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2, on an up-to-date ubuntu 8.04) inserts non-printing characters which look like spaces but mess up the pasting into a shell.
For example, if you type
cat filename | awk '{print $2, $3}'
to someone in the IM (I was using AIM protocol, but I doubt it's relevant), when they select and paste into a gnome-terminal window they will find weird messages because the white spaces are not really white spaces -- they have other junk.
If you paste into an emacs window you can see a bit of what went wrong: some non-printing characters have ended up in that selected string.
Hi, i am unable to reproduce this bug. Can you still reproduce it?
//magnus