incorrect copy&paste behaviour when copying multiple lines with smileys

[vix@…]

Hi,

I've noticed a strange behaviour when using LICQ. When I try to select and copy text from the message window and the text is multi-line and contains graphical smileys, not only selected text is copied, but the whole content of the message window instead.

Sure, this is not a critical issue, but sometimes very annoying. Has anyone experienced the same issue? Sometimes it's hard to reproduce :(

I have *not* noticed the behaviour in 1.3.4 (latest stable), but it occurs in the latest snapshot (20070213).

If there's anything I could try to give you more accurate info, please let me know - I will try.

Regards, Ivan

[Crazy_Hopper]

Could you please try to find a stable way to reproduce this behaviour? I was not able to do so, unfortunately.

[VIX]

Hi,

I'm still trying.

If it's related to graphical smileys, could it be related to my emoticon theme? I'm using the following:

skin: pli emoticons: Mirabilis5

I'm also using I have a feeling it's caused by some invisible characters in the message window (like cr/lf or whatever)... which get interpreted in some bad way. But I'm not a developer, this is just a bad feeling.

Regards, Ivan

[emostar]

Can you send us a sample message that gives you the problem? I couldn't duplicate it. So as you said, it may have to do with the line feeds or positioning...

[VIX]

I will as soon as I can replicate it. I'm trying to do the same as a few days ago and this time everything works. I'm trying it in various conversations with people using various clients (licq and icq's 5.1 for now). I will paste the message history as soon I manage to replicate it.

It seems to appear only when I don't track it - as usual when bugtracking :( Sorry.

[fabian2_de]

Only to make you sure you aren't crazy or something: I know this behaviour. I can't exactly say why or when it happens, but you see, it's neither your config nor your environment what causes that "error". (I'm runing KDE 3.5.6, theme thomas and emoteicons Mirablis5)

I'll try to reproduce it as well and then tell you what maybe the trigger.

[VIX]

I have replicated it - sending screenshot. I have tried to SELECT the message, but didn't start at the start of the message line... I've started at the upper big red point and selected until lower red point. Expected the message which got selected to get into the clipboard.

But whole message history from that windows was copied. I have the message history stored, dunno about anonymizing the content before posting public :-/

I'm using customized message chat and history look (via Options - Message Display - Chat Options: Compact, date format: dd.MM.yyyy hh:mm:ss and History Options: Default, date format: dd.MM.yyyy hh:mm:ss). I'm thinking of any relevance of this, as the date entries may insert some characters into that window.

Sorry for the ugly image, no time to play with that now. I have the whole desktop screenshot if needed.

[VIX]

Screenshot showing the message I've tried to select with mouse

[root_42]

Hm, that screenshot only shows the selection -- What exactly does get copied, instead of the marked selection?

[VIX]

LICQ message window content (manually "anonymized")

[VIX]

Replying to root_42:

Hm, that screenshot only shows the selection -- What exactly does get copied, instead of the marked selection?

Is the attached .txt file of any help? It's what was copied&pasted to the window, anonymized, but only the text, replacing manually each character of text by "x", no end of lines were replaced.

[VIX]

BTW now it seems to happen also when no smileys are present in the message. Seems not to be related to the remote client (or at least, not in an easy way, one of my friends is using Centericq, another ICQ 5.1)...

[emostar]

I'm able to duplicate the error on my end as well. But just to double check some things, what are your KDE and Qt versions? Are you using the kde-gui or the qt-gui plugin?

[VIX]

Hi,

thanks for reply.

Here it is:

I'm using Ubuntu Dapper with

Package: libqt3-mt-dev Version: 3:3.3.6-1ubuntu6.1

Package: libqt3-mt Version: 3:3.3.6-1ubuntu6.1

I'm using qt-gui plugin. I don't use KDE, but package kdelibs-data is version 3.5.2-0ubuntu18.2.

Anythins else you need me to check?

Regards, Ivan

[flynd]

As nothing has happend here for over a year and I can't duplicate this on neither qt-gui or qt4-gui I'm assuming problem no longer exists.

If anyone can still reproduce this with the latest dev version, please reopen this ticket.