Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Steps to reproduce: 1. From any application, select the following text (or any other suitably long passage) and copy it to the clipboard: Object: The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole community. 2. Switch to KMail 3. Message->New Message 4. Edit->Paste as Quotation Observed behaviour: > Object: The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole community. Desired behaviour: > Object: The establishment of a system of society based upon the common > ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for > producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole > community.
Confirming bug still exists in KDE 3.4. See also Bug 104735 for KNode.
Fixed as of KDE 4.2.2.