Functional regression in copy-paste of HTML pages

[Andrzej Hunt]

On 15/06/14 12:22, Tomaž Vajngerl wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:07 PM, davidbourguignon
>> I recently updated Libre Office Writer from version 4.0 to 4.2.
>> Unfortunately, I observed an apparent regression in the copy-paste function
>> from HTML pages displayed in Firefox to Writer documents (both apps running
>> on MS Windows 8.0).
>>
>> In more details, here is the problem:
>>
>> [...SNIP...]
>>
>> - Nowadays, with Writer v4.2, not a single element of the original formating
>> is retained. As a result of a copy-paste, one obtains a plain, simple text
>> equivalent of the web page... Bug or feature? IMHO, this is a functional
>> regression. As a result, it forced me to use MS Word first, to get the web
>> page format right, then copy-paste this content to my Writer document.
>> Painful process.
>>
>> I am wondering: is there something I'm doing wrong, or is this a dev mishap?
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
That was fdo#78801 which made plaint text take precedence over html
when pasting (now fixed, should be in 4.2.5)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78801

> Edit->Paste special..  (ctrl+shift+v) and select HTML.
>
(That's the direct workaround, it was only the automatic selection of 
paste format
  that was broken and not the actual pasting...)

No idea about the JS objects unfortunately.

     ATB,
         Andrzej