Bug 503429

Summary: Copying and pasting characters sometimes pastes \u characters
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: FriedrichFröbel <FriedrichFroebel.GC>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: john.kizer
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description FriedrichFröbel 2025-04-27 10:33:24 UTC 
SUMMARY

Copying characters from the clipboard history (like ž) and pasting them into Kate regularly does not paste ž, but as the corresponding `\u` sequence.

I could not identify a reliable way to do this.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Copy ž to the clipboard.
2. Copy some other characters to the clipboard.
3. Copy ž from the clipboard.
4. Paste it into Kate.

OBSERVED RESULT

From time to time, instead of pasting ž, the corresponding `\u` would be inserted. Copying the entry from the clipboard manager again usually fixes this for the current character.

EXPECTED RESULT

The inserted character is always ž.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: TUXEDO OS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-04-28 05:24:41 UTC 
Hi - merging this in with the existing bug report for the underlying issue here. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 500203 ***