[Bug 364874] [NEW] Copy/Paste Can't Handle Nonprinting Characters

[Diego Argueta]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ghex

I was trying to create a binary file. In insert mode, I selected a
32-byte region consisting solely of 0x90 bytes, copied it (tried both
menu and CTRL+C) and pasted (both menu and CTRL+V). Instead of getting
the text I had copied, I got this in the text field:

"\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff\Uffffffff"

Further testing with other text gave three different results seemingly at random; result 3 is the most common.
1) The paste command did nothing
2) The program quit abruptly
3) Non-printing characters below 0x7f are ignored, all bytes from 0x80 to 0xff inclusive are replaced with "\Uffffffff" in the text and the hex values corresponding to this string in the binary field.

I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex),  with the following output from
apt-cache policy ghex:

ghex:
  Installed: 2.22.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.22.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.22.0-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        500 http://mirrors.kernel.org intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I have attached a screenshot of the program after the problem indicated.
The selected region in gray is what was pasted, the first two lines
above the pasted region it is what was copied.

** Affects: ghex (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Copy/Paste Can't Handle Nonprinting Characters
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