[Pidgin] #5515: Copying and pasting text puts a BOM at the beginning

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#5515: Copying and pasting text puts a BOM at the  beginning
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 Reporter:  ari           |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.4.1 
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0     
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 From Debian bug report http://bugs.debian.org/475146:

 Copying text from pidgin (either from the text input pane or the received
 message pane) and pasting it back into the text input pane results in a
 UTF-8 BOM character added to the beginning.  In addition to putting
 garbage into sent messages if not noticed, this also prevents
 interpretation of slash commands such as /msg. You can tell if a BOM is
 present with any of the following:
  1. By cursor movement: hit home to go to the beginning of the line, then
 note that pressing the right arrow key once does not seem to move the
 cursor past the first visible character, but pressing right a second time
 does.
  2. By attempting a command starting with slash (such as /me or /msg), but
 doing select-all, cut, nd paste before sending it; the text of the command
 will go out as a message without getting interpreted, and with the
 additional BOM at the beginning.
  3. By checking the log file in ~/.purple/logs/ after sending a message,
 which will have the BOM in it.

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