I use Ubuntu Feisty and the de_DE.UTF-8 locale. Copying to gedit works fine.
Also, when copying some test to Gaim, it creates some spaces in the chat window When I copy "hölla das ist ein tüst" (:-P) Gaim's chat window looks like that: " hölla das ist ein tüst " ** Changed in: gaim (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed -- When copying from OpenOffice.org, Umlauts appear as HTML code https://launchpad.net/bugs/84922 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs