secondlife / secondlife/viewer

Pasting copied text with a trailing newline inserts an unexpected special character at the end

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Description

26.2.0.25386466510 win11
Mac shows a space instead of a special character.

Description
  • Open a notecard and type '1234' + Enter
  • Copy all text inside that notecard
  • Paste it to another notecard

Actual result: unexpected newline symbol is displayed

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0d728807-7013-4f7c-99e5-ab771d47cd4d

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the notecard copy-and-paste steps on Windows 11 with viewer version 26.2.0.25386466510, then compare the result with macOS behavior. Trace the notecard text input and paste handling; done means a trailing newline no longer displays an unexpected newline symbol or other special character.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
64/100

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