[Zim 0.44] No copy and paste from java applications to Zim

[Holstener Liesel]

System: Ubuntu karmic 9.10
Python version is (2, 6, 4, 'final', 0)

Copy and paste into Zim 0.44 does not work from some programs. This seems to affect java applications (tested with JabRef and jMemorize). Neither middle-click paste nor <Ctrl>v will put content into Zim. Pasting from java into applications other than Zim works fine, pasting from non-java applications into Zim works fine, too.

Steps to reproduce: Copy and paste content from e.g. JabRef into Zim with either middle click or <ctrl>c and <ctrl>v.

I'll be glad to provide further information if needed.

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Can you run zim in debug mode with the -D switch ? This should produce
output what copy-paste "targets" are offered by the java application.

[Holstener Liesel (holstenerliesel)]

DEBUG: Action: paste
DEBUG: Targets available for paste: None, we want parsetree

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Strange, that suggests the java app is not offering any data to be pasted. Since you run ubuntu, I assume other programs you used are gtk based as well - or do you run KDE?

Will need to install a java app myself to test this.

[Holstener Liesel (holstenerliesel)]

I'm using Ubuntu's standard Gnome desktop environment.

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

@holstener: Could you confirm whether this bug is still present under Ubuntu 10.4 ? We have seen some similar bugs with the clipboard disappear after upgrading. Hoping that is the case for this one as well. If not please let me know.

[Holstener Liesel (holstenerliesel)]

It's still there.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Zim because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[JuliuX (mosquerajc)]

Zim 0.56 still has this bug. For example: copying from jEdit and pasting into Zim does not paste anything. But I can paste to Gedit from jEdit without problems.

[JuliuX (mosquerajc)]

I'm using Linux Mint 12.

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:00 PM, JuliuX <email address hidden> wrote:
> Zim 0.56 still has this bug. For example: copying from jEdit and pasting
> into Zim does not paste anything. But I can paste to Gedit from jEdit
> without problems.

What does the debug log say - same as mentioned in comment above ?

Copy-paste issues like this are a "handshake" issue between two
applications. Since I don't know the implementation details of e.g.
jedit, is hard to judge what goes wrong.

-- Jaap

[JuliuX (mosquerajc)]

With Zim 0.57 the bug persists. Debug log says the same:

DEBUG: Action: paste
DEBUG: Targets available for paste: None, we want parsetree

System: Linux Mint 12 (based on Ubuntu 11.10).

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Thanks for the update - put the status to confirmed, although I have no idea how to fix. Sounds gtk generic to me.

-- Jaap

[Sebastian Audet (smaudet)]

I don't know if this would work, but a thought might be to detect Java.

Alternatively if this is truly gtk generic, then it might be an upstream bug and hence a wontfix.