Bug#585622: katepart automatically delete highlighted text

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

tags 585622 moreinfo
thanks

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 08:48:56PM +0800, Michael Tsang wrote:
> Package: kate
> Version: 4:4.4.3-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: causes non-serious data loss
> 
> 1 open a text/plain document in Konqueror
> 2 highlight some text in the embedded katepart
> 3 click on another tab
> 4 click on the tab with embedded katepart again
> 
> expected result: the text is still highlighted
> actual result: the text is deleted without prior notice, resulting in
> data loss

That's not reproducible, can you reproduce it all the time? 

This rather sounds like a input-related problem. Since you use a
Hongkong locale, are you by change running an input method, which
might cause this? If you, could you try running without?

Cheers,
        Moritz