[Mono-bugs] [Bug 596402] New: non problematically copying Unicode onto clipboard causes Clipboard.GetText() to return Unicode escaped sequences.

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           Summary: non problematically copying Unicode onto clipboard
                    causes Clipboard.GetText() to return Unicode escaped
                    sequences.
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Class Libraries
           Version: SVN
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Windows.Forms
        AssignedTo: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
        ReportedBy: tom_hindle at sil.org
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


Created an attachment (id=354213)
 --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=354213)
trivial test case showing issue

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.3a4pre)
Gecko/20100322 Minefield/3.7a4pre

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
// copy this into clipboard: "登入";                
            Console.WriteLine(Clipboard.GetText(TextDataFormat.UnicodeText));
Console.WriteLine(Clipboard.GetText());
}

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile Attached test case
2. Copy "登入" into clipboard either from MonoDevelop or gedit
3. Run Program
Actual Results:  
\u767b\u5165

Expected Results:  
登入 ( two PinYin chars)

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