Clipboard transfer: Convert charset for non-UTF-8 peers
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| remmina (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When copying text from a german WinXP machine, umlauts were dropped or replaced by \xffffffff depending on which text editor I locally pasted it into. When copying local text and pasting it remotely, umlauts were replaced by pairs of strange symbols, indicating they might have been UTF-8 encoded twice.
The first patch adds charset conversion functionality that can be activated by setting the environment variable REMMINA_
Tested successfully with Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, said WinXP peer and REMMINA_
The second patch is a cargo-cult work-around to allow compiling on the test machine, and should be avoided or replaced by a better fix if possible.
The patches are based on the Remmina Git Repository at http://
Now that the patch works, aptitude reports "Package: remmina-plugin-vnc / State: not installed / Version: 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1" but I'm not sure if the version number is of the original package with the bug or of the one that I compiled myself.
| mk (mk.pmb) wrote | #2 |
| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #3 |
| tags: | added: patch |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in remmina (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Xavier (xavier-depedro) wrote | #5 |
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