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Julio A. Garcia Lopez (juliosao) wrote : Re: [Bug 11334] Re: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste

Slated, please dont feed the trolls...

El , Slated <email address hidden> escribió:
> pyrates: "use to the method that windows and mac os x do".

> Tralalalala: "open source idiot".

> Endolith: "Just switch to a working OS like Windows 7".

> Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Ubuntu "community".

> I seem to be in the wrong place. I came here looking for a GNU/Linux

> distro (am I allowed to say "GNU" on an Ubuntu site, or is that

> censored?), but apparently this is a Windows/Mac evangelism site.

> So the question is, if you're all so enamoured with Windows and the Mac,

> why don't you just stick to those operating systems, instead of trying

> to pervert GNU/Linux into the very thing people switch to GNU/Linux to

> get away from?

> Or is that too obvious?

> Anyway, good luck fixing your "bug". May you and your Windows, erm, I

> mean "Linux" operating system be very happy together.

> --

> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber

> of a duplicate bug (528538).

> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334

> Title:

> MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the

> paste

> Status in AbiWord:

> Confirmed

> Status in ChmSee:

> Unknown

> Status in Chromium Browser:

> Unknown

> Status in Eclipse:

> Unknown

> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface:

> Unknown

> Status in Epiphany - Clone of BoulderDash Game:

> New

> Status in gnome-utils - GNOME Desktop Utilities:

> New

> Status in GnuCash - Finance manager:

> Confirmed

> Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:

> Confirmed

> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:

> Confirmed

> Status in NULL Project:

> Invalid

> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:

> Confirmed

> Status in Tomboy:

> New

> Status in Webkit Direct Port:

> Fix Released

> Status in X.Org X server:

> Confirmed

> Status in Xournal:

> New

> Status in XUL + XPCOM application runner:

> Fix Released

> Status in Ubuntu:

> Confirmed

> Bug description:

> ===+++ _____________________ ! ALL USERS ! _____________________ +++===

> ===+++ READ THIS BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT OR MODIFICATION +++===

> IMPORTANT 1: Please see the WORKAROUND a few lines below.

> IMPORTANT 2: Please don't post any "me too message"; use the "Does

> this bug affect you?" feature you can find a bit above this bug

> description on launchpad.

> IMPORTANT 3: Do not post anything if you haven't read all comments to

> verify that your point hasn't been made. If you feel tempted to stop

> reading because there are too many messages, that is a strong

> indicator that you shouldn't add even more comments. Developers have a

> tough time to find anything if you post redundant stuff. So please

> abstain from doing that.

> *** WORKAROUND ***

> ---------------------------

> Install klipper, glipper, parcellite or xfce4-clipman

> --------------------------------------------

> When I copy (Ctrl + C, or right click and "Copy") text from somewhere

> and after that close the program where it is, the clipboard gets

> empty.

> Steps to reproduce in gedit :

> 1. Pick any text field that supports copying, copy some text.

> 2. Paste into any other text field.

> 3. It works.

> 4. Close the source window or program.

> 5. Paste now does nothing.

> This bug will happen in any application that doesn't comply with the
> clipboard specification from FreeDesktop.

> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager

> There was also previous considerations about improving xserver-xorg
> clipboard, which would reduce adaptation work from upstream projects to
> comply with the specification.

> Xorg : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25220

> http://www.x.org/wiki/CutAndPaste

> ******** Actual Status : ********

> ----- Not fixed : ------

> OpenOffice : http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63092

> GIMP | GTK+ : https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510204

> Gnucash : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510205

> Inkscape : This bug.

> ++++ Fixed : +++++

> Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird (Xulrunner) : Fixed in 1.9.3 trunk
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311340

> Evolution : Fixed in 2.29 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258374

> Chromium : http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32291

> Pidgin : Fixed

> Gedit : Fixed

> Most Gnome apps, Fixed

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