Public bug reported: When copying text from a german WinXP machine, umlauts were dropped or replaced by \xffffffff depending on which text editor I locally pasted it into. When copying local text and pasting it remotely, umlauts were replaced by pairs of strange symbols, indicating they might have been UTF-8 encoded twice.
The first patch adds charset conversion functionality that can be activated by setting the environment variable REMMINA_VNC_REMOTE_CHARSET. Tested successfully with Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, said WinXP peer and REMMINA_VNC_REMOTE_CHARSET="ISO-8859-15". The second patch is a cargo-cult work-around to allow compiling on the test machine, and should be avoided or replaced by a better fix if possible. The patches are based on the Remmina Git Repository at http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/remmina.git / commit 321ee0a3ded65ae0c00e055f301adfb6c78cec04 . Now that the patch works, aptitude reports "Package: remmina-plugin-vnc / State: not installed / Version: 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1" but I'm not sure if the version number is of the original package with the bug or of the one that I compiled myself. ** Affects: remmina (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: charset clipboard conversion transfer ** Patch added: "Enable clipboard charset conversion via environment variable" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077355/+attachment/3429422/+files/git-patches.mail -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077355 Title: Clipboard transfer: Convert charset for non-UTF-8 peers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/1077355/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
