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cursor always in the fist line of text

Steps to reproduce:

  • open TextBug.svg
  • mark something in the second or third line of text

What happened?

The cursor is always in the first line: Screenshot_2019-05-01_19.49.55

What should have happened?

The cursor should be in the correct line

Inkscape Version and Operating System:

  • Inkscape Version: Inkscape 0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)
  • Operating System: MS Windows 10.0.17763.437 (aswell on Ubuntu 18.04)

Example file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="299mm" height="422mm" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" font-family="DejaVu Sans,sans-serif" font-size="32">
 <text x="51" y="1316.36"><tspan x="51" y="1316.36" font-weight="700">SOME TEXT</tspan> <tspan x="51" y="1356.36">another characters</tspan><tspan x="51" y="1396.36">I do not know what to write</tspan></text>
</svg>

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