As seb128 explained, this is an issue with libvte-2.91-0 and is
scheduled to be addressed in 0.68 and work arounds do exist.
** Changed in: mate-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** No longer affects: mate-desktop
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922276
Title:
Select All (Shift+Ctrl+A) followed by Copy (Shift+Ctrl+C) copies only
visible part of terminal output
Status in mate-terminal package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in vte2.91 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu MATE 21.04 installed (or use Live session)
2. Launch MATE Terminal
3. Enable infinite history (Edit - Profile Preferences - Scrolling,
Scrollback - Unlimited)
4. Execute command with long output such as `journalctl | cat`
5. Select Edit - Select All (or press <Shift>+<Ctrl>+<A>), then Edit - Copy
(or press <Shift>+<Ctrl>+<C>)
6. Open Pluma text editor and paste just copied terminal output
Expected results:
* whole terminal output is copied - staring by `user@host:~$ journalctl |
cat` and ending by `user@host:~$`
Actual results:
* only last 15 lines were copied (depends on terminal size)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: mate-terminal 1.24.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-13.14-generic 5.11.7
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu61
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.461
Date: Thu Apr 1 17:35:47 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Beta amd64 (20210331.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: mate-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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