[Pidgin] #8621: Can't copy text in coversation window, on Windows XP SP3 French

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#8621: Can't copy text in coversation window, on Windows XP SP3 French
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 Reporter:  ajmas   |        Owner:                 
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new            
Milestone:          |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.5   |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment(by pkyzivat):

 Replying to [comment:7 datallah]:
 > I still can't recreate this with the clipboard viewer in Word open;
 there must be something else going on here.

 I have a very similar problem to the one posted here, and have additional
 symptoms that may help identify it.

 I'm running pidgin on WXP. What I find is that copy/paste work fine until
 I run VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2.

 When that is running, copying and pasting work fine for for everything
 except pidgin.
 And copying *from* something else *to* pidgin seems to work ok too.

 But pasting data copied *from* pidgin is limited. Most times it doesn't
 paste anything. But I can get it to work with certain destinations, such
 as into the Outlook message editor. And the debug window shows the same
 OpenClipboard message reported above.

 What I'm suspecting is that pidgin is only supplying the data in one
 format (html?), and that it can be pasted if the recipient can handle that
 format. But if any other format is required it doesn't work. So for
 instance I could copy into an Outlook message, then copy that and paste it
 elsewhere without difficulty.

 I've seen comments elsewhere that you should shut down the conflicting
 app. But why should that be necessary? Everything else in the system seems
 to  be able to copy/paste. Why not pidgin? I use VNC quite a lot, and need
 to copy/paste to/from it, so shutting it down isn't an option.

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