[Bug 228591] New: Paste image from clipboard bad interoperability

[Aardwolf]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228591

           Summary: Paste image from clipboard bad interoperability
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: olifant at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

When pasting clipboard data from a clipboard in X, it can use "INCR" transfer
for large data.

I have reason to believe that KDE does not send such INCR data in a correct
way. To reproduce:

Open Gimp.

Take a screenshot of something complex on screen with KDE by pressing
CTRL+Print Screen.

Paste in Gimp.

The pasting in Gimp works if your screenshot has a small filesize. It does NOT
work if your screenshot has large filesize.

In other words, to reproduce the bug for sure, have a very complex desktop
wallpaper pattern, do "show desktop", and then press CTRL+Print Screen for the
screenshot so that it compresses to a large PNG.

Paste in Gimp and it doesn't work. Paste in other programs that use X to get
data from the clipboard and deal with INCR transfer, and it also won't work.

Paste in KolourPaint and it does work, but KolourPaint is from KDE itself so
they probably use Qt or KDE API instead of X for image clipboard data...

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