Package: evolution
Version: 2.2.2-4
Severity: normal
The cut-and-paste interaction in evolution's "To:" field (at least)
seems to be very bizarre:
* If I type '[EMAIL PROTECTED], ' in the "To" field, select
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]', and middle-click at the end of the field
while the text is still selected, it will paste.
* If I select the same text, but then left-click (so that the text
is no longer selected), and _then_ middle-click, nothing pastes, even
if the selection had previously contained something.
* If I select the whole field ('[EMAIL PROTECTED], ',
including the comma and space), and then middle-click at the end of the
field while the text is still selected, the text will deselect but
nothing will paste.
* No matter what I do, I cannot make text selected in the "To" field
paste outside evolution.
* If I select text within an evolution message, I can paste it
outside evolution. So far so good. If I select text within the "To"
field, though, then the selection reverts to its _previous_ contents --
whatever was in it _before_ I selected text from within the message.
In all of these examples, I speak of the PRIMARY selection, not the
CLIPBOARD. It seems to me that the correct behavior would be to place
whatever is selected into the PRIMARY selection, and paste the PRIMARY
selection on a middle mouse click, and any other behavior is (a) more
difficult to implement and (b) wrong. I'm sorry for being snide, but,
er, isn't that right?
See http://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html for more.
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Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii evolution-data-server1.2 1.2.2-5 evolution database backend server
ii gconf2 2.8.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.8.0-4 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gtkhtml3.6 3.6.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.1-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.8.1-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcamel1.2-0 1.2.2-5 The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-24 Compress/decompress images for mai
ii libdb4.1 4.1.25-18 Berkeley v4.1 Database Libraries [
ii libebook1.2-3 1.2.2-5 Client library for evolution addre
ii libecal1.2-2 1.2.2-5 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-4 1.2.2-5 Utily library for evolution data s
ii libedataserverui1.2-4 1.2.2-5 GUI utily library for evolution da
ii libesd0 0.2.35-2.1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.8.4-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.8.4-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgal2.4-0 2.4.2-1 G App Libs (run time library)
ii libgal2.4-common 2.4.2-1 G App Libs (common files)
ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-11.1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.2-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.2-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-pilot2 2.0.12-1.2 Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii libgnome2-0 2.8.1-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.8.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.8.2-1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.8.2-2 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii libgnomeui-0 2.8.1-3 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.8.4-4 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.1 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error values an
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.4-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtkhtml3.6-18 3.6.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libldap2 2.1.30-10 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libnspr4 2:1.7.8-1 Netscape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3 2:1.7.8-1 Network Security Service Libraries
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.2-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpisock8 0.11.8-10 Library for communicating with a P
ii libpisync0 0.11.8-10 Synchronization library for PalmOS
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Session Management
ii libsoup2.2-7 2.2.3-2 an HTTP library implementation in
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.10-4 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxml2 2.6.16-7 GNOME XML library
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
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