Copy text from Evolution - Paste does not preserve line breaks

Naoki naoki at valuecommerce.com
Mon Nov 24 15:09:50 UTC 2003


I have the same problem. Really bugs me to the point of using "mozilla 
-mail"

Marc Schwartz wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I searched the list archive and both RH and Ximian Bugzilla's, but came
>up empty on this one.
>
>When copying text FROM an Evolution e-mail compose window or from an
>inbound e-mail (either in the preview pane or fully open) and I paste
>the text into a text editor (say gedit or emacs), line breaks are not
>preserved. The pasted text ends up being one long line.
>
>For example, if I paste the text in this e-mail to emacs, it is one long
>line, even where I have "hard" line breaks between paragraphs.
>
>Has anyone else noted this or does anyone know if this has been posted
>to Bugzilla and I just failed to use the proper search terms and/or
>filters?
>
>If not, I will post this.
>
>This is really annoying.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marc Schwartz
>
>
>
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