diff -Naur clipit-1.4.1.orig/src/utils.c clipit-1.4.1/src/utils.c --- clipit-1.4.1.orig/src/utils.c 2011-05-27 10:10:07.000000000 +0300 +++ clipit-1.4.1/src/utils.c 2014-08-05 21:18:29.343103476 +0300 @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ /* Ellipsize a string according to the settings */ GString *ellipsize_string(GString *string) { + gint pos = 0; + do { + if( string->str[pos] == '\r' || + string->str[pos] == '\n' ) { + string = g_string_erase(string, pos, 1); + } + } while (pos++ < string->len); + gboolean is_utf8 = g_utf8_validate(string->str, -1, NULL); gint str_len = is_utf8 ? g_utf8_strlen(string->str, -1) : string->len; if (str_len > prefs.item_length)