It seems this is fixed now in Jaunty, I can't reproduce it anymore.
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Prompt is deleted when I press backspace in terminal
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369095
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Thanks for the report, could you please try to reproduce the same with
terminator (terminal emulator) that could be a vte issue, thanks.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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