I don't know if this is related (i.e,. underlying libraries used), but I have the same problem when copying from Epiphany to gnome-terminal. (I started to comment on this originally thinking this was talking about epiphany, not empathy :-/ ) .
Thanks for the tip/work-around: using shift+insert also works to paste into terminal for me. But the menu (edit->paste) and shift+control+v do not work when copying from certain applications. Previously, as a work-around, I'd copy from epiphany (or empathy) into gvim, select/copy, and then I could paste into gnome-terminal just fine. Using shift- insert is a workable work-around. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730394 Title: Text copied from Empathy can't be pasted in Gnome Terminal Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal After copying text from the chat history in an open Empathy conversation I am unable to paste the results into gnome-terminal. Pasting seems to work fine in most other applications. Thus a workaround is to paste the text into a plain-text field (something like gedit) and then paste from there. It seems to be something with the way these two applications interact. I'm wondering if rich-text contents are not being handled properly by gnome-terminal or if empathy is not correctly setting the plain-text version of the clipboard. Using klipper I get a odd result if trying to "edit" the clipboard: the edit box is empty despite the klipper menu showing the cut text. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 7 13:14:20 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/730394/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
