[Lazarus] Copy to clipboard from synedit

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:36:06 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> If you copy text to the clipboard in synedit, an extra #0 character is
>> copied at the end. It does not happen for other controls I tested.
>> 
>> I tested on Linux, 64-bit GTK2, but I suppose it will be the same for other
>> platforms/widgetsets.
>> 
>> This can be seen easily: copy some source text in the IDE. Paste it in
>> libreoffice writer. You'll get a # character at the end.
>> 
>> Some programs handle it well (xclip), some do not. 
>> I've also had problems copying text e.g. to a browser.
>> 
>> I tested on Linux, 64-bit GTK2, but I suppose it will be the same for other
>> platforms/widgetsets.
>
> A regression probably caused by this:
> https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=21453

It seems a fix is available but needs to be enabled using a define ?

Michael.