paste of large buffers often fails
Submitted by Pierre Ossman
Link to original bug (#539312)
Description
Please describe the problem: This is a bug that has been present since forever, I just haven't really gotten around to reporting it. Oddly enough, noone else has either. :)
The problem is that vte seems to mishandle INCR. Pasting large buffers often results in just part of the data getting to the application. Might be a clipboard protocol issue, or a buffer handling problem where it floods stdin of the application. I don't really know how to determine which of those it is. Protocol issue is my best guess though as it stops on the same byte each time it fails.
The problem does not seem to be with the clipboard source as retrying the paste multiple times eventually gets it working. Also, pasting into another application (e.g. gedit) works just fine.
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Does this happen every time? No, but often (provided the buffer is large enough).
Other information:
Version: 0.16.x
Resolution: RESOLVED NOTGNOME