From 5d3a7edaa3546616de75d3451f3ea39ed2f6785e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 07:43:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 8598: Drop text on Clipboard crashes with byte/string issue

---
 gramps/gui/clipboard.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gui/clipboard.py b/gramps/gui/clipboard.py
index e3e552bc3..af671b78a 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/clipboard.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/clipboard.py
@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@ class ClipText(ClipWrapper):
     def __init__(self, dbstate, obj):
         super(ClipText, self).__init__(dbstate, obj)
         self._type  = _("Text")
-        self._pickle = self._obj
+        self._pickle = str(self._obj, "utf-8")
         self.refresh()
 
     def refresh(self):
         self._title = _("Text")
-        self._value = self._obj
+        self._value = str(self._obj, "utf-8")
 
 class ClipMediaObj(ClipHandleWrapper):