Bug 136907 - Cut text can be doubled or more by a single paste
Summary: Cut text can be doubled or more by a single paste
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2020-09-21 01:54 UTC by Luke Kendall
Modified: 2021-05-07 03:59 UTC (History)
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Example document demonstrating the bug (17.85 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-09-21 01:54 UTC, Luke Kendall
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Description Luke Kendall 2020-09-21 01:54:52 UTC
Created attachment 165702 [details]
Example document demonstrating the bug

A few times recently I noticed a paste producing multiple copies of the text I'd pasted. I had assumed it was from accidentally typing two Ctrl-Vs to paste.
Today though I had four copies of the cut text appear and I'm quite sure it was from a single paste.
Please see the attached document in which I reproduced the bug and also recorded the steps to follow.
It occurs with Record Changes and Show Changes both turned on.
1) have a block of inserted text you've typed, around some older text (that's not a section of inserted or deleted text),
2) delete some of the older text
3) type some more text into the new section that follows the older text
4) Cut the last text just typed
5) Undo until you have removed all the new text typed after the older text that you deleted (and which was marked as deleted)
6) Undo once more so the older text is no longer deleted, but still selected
7) Paste the Cut text.
Result:
The cut text appears multiple times (usually two, but on one occasion four copies).
Expected result:
The cut text appears once.

Please see attached example document.
Comment 1 Timur 2020-10-06 07:15:33 UTC
Please write reproducible steps (what exactly to do in attached text). 
You report a lot and you know that report ask 2 things: is this reproducible, did you reset user profile? 
You should also test other versions, preferably LO master.
Comment 2 Luke Kendall 2020-10-07 02:42:40 UTC
I've just tried for half an hour to reproduce this with the steps I described and my sample document, but couldn't.
So, given that it's not feasible to inspect the code to see how multiple copies of the paste buffer can be produced from a single paste, and because I'm on a deadline, this will have to stay in NEEDINFO for some time, sorry.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2020-10-07 03:56:56 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2021-04-06 03:38:17 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2021-05-07 03:59:46 UTC
Dear Luke Kendall,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
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