Bug 663299 - Bullet indentation not preserved when copying from gnote and pasting into other apps

[Tim Jackson <lists timj co uk>]

Hi,

As a long-time gnote user, the bug that I hit almost every day is 663299
- bullet indentation not preserved when copying from gnote and pasting
into other apps. Typical use case is that I've taken some meeting notes
(typically in bullet point form, with several levels of indent) and want
to paste into other documents/e-mail. Spending time reformatting after
pasting from gnote is not helping my productivity.

This is leading me to look for alternatives to gnote, which seems a
shame when it might be a trivial (or relatively simple) bugfix.

I'm no C++ developer, but I did manage to hack my way to fixing the
(superficially) similar bug 674904. Can anyone give any pointers to:

- whether this bug (663299) is likely to be easy to fix, or is it in
  fact far more complex?
- where one might look to start trying to tackle it?

I grepped a bit in the code for "clipboard" and "paste" etc. but didn't
find anything that looked obvious. However, given my total lack of
knowledge about C++/gtk development, I may well have overlooked it.

Alternatively, is there any chance of someone else revisiting this bug?

Thanks

Tim