Bug#292196: gnome: middle mouse button paste with iso-latin-1 text fails

[Francois]

Package: gnome
Version: 62
Severity: normal

When I try to copy some text from emacs to various gnome applications
that edit text (gedit, evolution, abiword) using the "default"
X11 middle mouse button "copy and paste" mechanism, nothing happens
when iso-latin-1 characters are present in the selected text.

Here is what I do step by step:

0 - start gedit (or any of the above mentionned applications)
1 - open a file in emacs
2 - select a text region with some iso-latin-1 characters (accented
    text for instance.)
3 - [optional] ESC-W to save the text to emacs' internal ring
    (I hoped this could do something, but I was wrong.)
4 - switch to gedit
5 - place mouse on top of the cursor
6 - click mouse middle button

Result: nothing happens.

This works fine on the other hand if I only copy a region from the
same file that does not contain any iso-latin-1 characters.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10.guidog-patch2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  balsa                         2.2.6-1    An e-mail client for GNOME
ii  bluefish                      0.13-1     A Gtk+ HTML editor
ii  evolution                     1.4.6-5    The groupware suite
ii  gnome-cups-manager            0.25-2     CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-environment     62         The GNOME Desktop Environment
ii  gnome-nettool                 1.0.0-1    Network information tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-office                  62         The GNOME Office suite
ii  gnome-system-tools            1.0.0-1    Cross-platform configuration utili
ii  gnome-themes-extras           0.8.0-1    various themes for the GNOME 2 des
ii  rhythmbox                     0.8.8-1    music player and organizer for GNO
ii  synaptic                      0.53.4-6   Graphical package manager
ii  totem                         0.99.22-1  A simple media player for the Gnom
ii  vino                          2.7.91-1   VNC server for GNOME
ii  xscreensaver                  4.16-1     Automatic screensaver for X

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