Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: glipper
In current Hardy, Glipper (1.0-1ubuntu1) works OK with mouse-selected
text, but when it comes to keyboard use, the behaviour is somewhat
strange, resulting in having a separate entry for every letter selected.
To have an example of what I think is a bug, do the following:
1. Launch any text editor (GEdit will do), and print "Test message" in it.
2. As the cursor is at the end of the line, hold Shift key and press Right
until the whole message is selected.
3. See the clipboard history.
The last message in history would be "Test message", which is quite OK. But
then you have a bunch of entries like
est message
st message
t message
message
message
essage
ssage
sage
[...]
I think it's obvious that while user is holding Shift key, (s)he has not
yet finished selection, so updating selection for every new letter is
inconvenient and causes users to actually lose the history of really
needed previous selection, as the selection history becomes spoiled.
Klipper, on the contrary, only updates selection when user releases
Shift key, thus acting in more convenient manner.
** Affects: glipper (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Glipper floods selection history during keyboard selection
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233804
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