@Roescoe Wild You can use SHIFT + LEFT or RIGHT arrow keys to select text. CTRL+C works on my computer, CTRL+V too. CTRL+A is not working.
When you paste text wit CTRL+V il paste "<text>v" but just remove the trailing "v" and you're done.
Happen on Ubuntu 18.10 and MC 1.13.2 too ! Very annoying !
Nop, in 14w30c, it never happened to me 🙂 So it's fixed !
Sorry, I forgot to look.
I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?