kwrite question

[Keith Smith]

I launch Kate and copy into Kate then select all and cut then post into 
the word type doc.  I am not able to open a text editor with a right 
click to the desktop.



On 2016-05-03 17:35, Wayne D wrote:
> ONE way is to paste it to straight text file - right click your
> desktop, create a "NEW TEXT DOCUMENT" (NOT KWRITE), copy FROM that
> file to paste buffer, paste to kwrite.  THAT should strip any
> "coding".
> 
> On 05/03/2016 04:11 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>> When I cut and paste from google search results
>> (and some other places) into kwrite, some lines
>> are "scrunched" (i.e. not the full height of the
>> text/font, so characters, especially numbers are
>> difficult to read.
>> 
>> I've not been able to figure out why this happens
>> or how to "clear" the hidden coding that causes this.
>> 
>> I've tried cutting and pasting the same text into
>> libre mail and the text then looks okay, but if I
>> cut and paste it back into kwrite, the same display
>> problem appears. Strange.
>> 
>> Any suggestions to clear whatever hidden coding
>> is causing this?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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