I still experience this bug. Using Pluma in Ubuntu Mate 19.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1457035
Title: gedit random paste highlighted text while scrolling Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: my system: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x64 (updated) Release: 14.04 apt-cache policy gedit gedit: Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status reproducing bug: 0) open a ~400 lines text file 1) highlight some text (e.g. a single line in the middle) 2) scroll till the bottom of the document (using the mouse wheel) 3) scroll till the top 4) Type Ctrl+C then Ctrl+F and finally Ctrl+V (or manually search for the same text in the document) you will notice that the highlighted text will be copy-pasted randomly in your document. if you can't reproduce the bug this way, try opening a 400 lines .py (python) text file (UTF-8 encoded) with python code inside it. EDIT: Bug confirmed with normal text files also (see comment #4) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1457035/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp