Version: 1.2.50 (using KDE 4.1.0) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages Compiler: gcc version 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-2) OS: Linux The problem goes as follows. I select some text from the article viewer, right click and copy (or ctrl+c) and I want to paste it somewhere else (usually kopete). However this doesn't work out of the box. I have to select, copy, go to klipper and select the copied text and then paste, or else the previously selected text will be pasted. I believe this is because akregator does not put the selected text in the clipboard, but klipper gets the text from the selection anyway, so I have to select the text on klipper before I can paste.
Bug confirmed using current trunk too. Even the "Copy" action from RMB menu doesn't work.
*** Bug 171396 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 178109 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
SVN commit 904675 by osterfeld: Fix copy text in article viewer Patch by Michael Leupold <lemma@confuego.org. CCMAIL:lemma@confuego.org BUG: 168865 M +3 -1 articleviewer.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=904675
SVN commit 904677 by osterfeld: forwardport 904675: Fix copy text in article viewer Patch by Michael Leupold <lemma@confuego.org. CCMAIL:lemma@confuego.org CCBUG: 168865 M +3 -1 articleviewer.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=904677
in 4.2 RC1, this is still a problem, the menu item now does work, but not the Ctrl+C shortcut
I agree with Ricardo: CTRL+C still doesn't work: it has been only fixed the menu action. I've reproduced the bug using trunk r910859.
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I was about to file a bug, then found this one. It still doesn’t work in Akregator 1.6.3, KDE 4.4.3. When I press Ctrl+C, the clipboard’s previous content is only cleared. However, this malfunction occurs only in an own tab, but not in the main article view (below the article list). I also successfully tested it with a new and clean user account to rule out messed up settings in my long-evolved profile.
Another year has passed, and Akregator in KDE 4.6.3 still shows the problem. Is it really that hard to fix?
The problem still exists in KDE SC 4.8 RC1. It is really a pity. I did some analysis. If I understand correctly, ArticleViewer::slotCopy() is where the copying happens. And here comes the real problem behind this report : it is not that the method is buggy in putting selected contents onto clipboard, but that the methode is not triggered at all when I press Ctrl+C. And that is because the 'Copy' action is plugged only when the context menu is shown. So Ctrl+C, the well known shortcut for the 'Copy' action, does not work. I wonder whether that is an coding mistake, or an intentional decision to provide 'Copy' action only through context menu (is there some good reason?). Anyway, it should be relatively easy to fix for those who are familiar with the code. Frankly, I'm neither familiar with the code nor the application. Hope that helps.
I can not reproduce this bug in the 4.9 beta and master (even when klipper isn't running). If no other person can reproduce the bug, I propose it to be closed.
I'm not using 4.9 yet, but it still happens in 4.8.4. When I open any article in its own tab, mark some text and enter Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V in another application will not paste it.
Oh, silly me, I didn't read the bug carefully. I only press Ctrl + C in the Article Viewer below the Article List and it works. I should look inside the code now.
This bug has only been reported for versions before 4.14, which have been unsupported for at least two years now. Can anyone tell if this bug still present? If noone confirms this bug for a Framework-based version of akregator (version 5.0 or later, as part of KDE Applications 15.08 or later), it gets closed in about three months.
Just as announced in my last comment, I close this bug. If you encounter it again in a recent version (at least 5.0 aka 15.08), please open a new one unless it already exists. Thank you for all your input.