See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733246 . Gnome-terminal should do whatever xterm does.
"In normal Gtk+ applications this key combination deletes the previous word (Ctrl+W) in Bash" -- what do you mean by normal Gtk+ applications that run bash? Note that by default Alt+Backspace in bash does the same as ^W (and what you'd prefer Ctrl+Backspace to do). ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #733246 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733246 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341667 Title: Ctrl+Backspace should send ^W instead of doing the same thing as Backspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1341667/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
