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[Paul Kishimoto <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 459851 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459851

This was actually reported earlier as bug #459851, which is incorrectly
marked as fixed.

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 459851
   can't use CTRL + C for copy'n'paste

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580602

Title:
  Text widget does not support standard commands

Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface:
  New
Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: empathy

  Using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, though the bug was also present, I think, in
  9.10.

  When typing a message, the basic editing commands one expects a text
  entry box to have in the GTK+ environment do not work.  For example,
  Ctrl+C for copy, Ctrl+Z for undo.

  There are a couple different (but frequent!) usage scenarios that this
  causes issues for me with:

  1. My trackpad sometimes inadvertently selects all text.  Then the
  next character I type erases everything in the text box, and I am
  unable to undo to get it back.

  2. Sometimes, I need to send the exact same text to multiple persons.
  I'd prefer to do this with Ctrl+C to copy, change tabs, and then
  Ctrl+V to paste.  But, I cannot, and I have to use the mouse to
  highlight and middle-click the selection into the next tab or window.

  The biggest problem is the first one; however, implementing all of the
  basic functionality that is reasonably expected of a text editing
  widget would be immensely helpful.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: empathy 2.30.1-0ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32.12 x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May 14 12:13:25 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: empathy

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