[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Launchpad has imported 3 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490067. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2009-03-13T03:40:27+00:00 Ray wrote: Description of problem: When using 'screen' from within an XFCE terminal, hitting backspace does nothing. From a vi session it seems that a '^@' or NUL is being sent instead of ^H or ^?. Workaround is to configure the XFCE Terminal to explicitly sent ^H or ^?, but Auto Detect should really do the "right thing" within screen. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vte-0.17.4-1.fc10.i386 How reproducible: So far, always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start XFCE 2. Open an XFCE Terminal 3. Start screen (enter 'screen') 4. Type some text then try backspacing. Actual results: No backspace occurs. Expected results: Backspacing! Additional info: I'm not sure if this is VTE's fault (bugs from other distro's led me to believe it was), XFCE Terminal's or screen's My TERM is set to xterm in XFCE Terminal before starting up screen. I have tried with vt100, tried starting screen with TERM=screen screen, and various .vimrc and .Xresources tricks to no avail. I notice that if I ssh from the machine to somewhere else and start screen on the remote server, backspace works fine. Odd? I have been able to reproduce this on multiple Fedora 10 installs with virgin configs. I tried older versions of screen (back to the one included in RHEL5). Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/29787/comments/37 On 2009-11-18T11:20:35+00:00 Bug wrote: This message is a reminder that Fedora 10 is nearing its end of life. Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 10. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '10'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 10's end of life. Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 10 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this bug to the applicable version. If you are unable to change the version, please add a comment here and someone will do it for you. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. The process we are following is described here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/29787/comments/42 On 2009-12-18T09:00:53+00:00 Bug wrote: Fedora 10 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-12-17. Fedora 10 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/29787/comments/43 ** Changed in: screen (Fedora) Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 Title: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vte/+bug/29787/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Mandriva) Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 Title: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Gentoo Linux) Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 Title: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte Importance: Unknown = Low -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Thank you for the patch and thanks for forwarding upstream. I have marked this patch as patch-forwarded-upstream ** Tags added: patch-forwarded-upstream -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Fedora) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/lucid/vte/lucid -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte (Debian) Status: Unknown = New -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
I am seeing this same issue on Jaunty as well. TERM=screen screen does not resolve the issue. How do I remap the backspace key in screen to send ^H -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Here is the best solution I have found. For Jaunty Ubuntu xterm, right-click on the terminal screen to bring up the terminal options. On the left panel, select Advanced. Chane the Backspace Key Generates selection from Auto-detect to Control-H. That works for an xterm. I am using a Screenlet terminal, so this does not work for me. I suspect that my Screenlet terminal is hard coded to autodetect the backspace key, with no options I have found to change it. Hope this helps someone. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #36455 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36455 ** Also affects: screen (Mandriva) via http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36455 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: Gentoo Bugzilla #108440 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108440 ** Also affects: screen (Gentoo Linux) via http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108440 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Gentoo Linux) Status: Unknown = Invalid ** Changed in: screen (Mandriva) Status: Unknown = Fix Released -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
I still see this on in an uptodate jaunty box. reopening. ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Confirmed ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) = (unassigned) -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #490067 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490067 ** Also affects: screen (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490067 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Fedora) Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Just hit the same problem in intrepid: terminal set not to use ^H for backspace, for OS X compatibility, and reconnecting to a screen session resulted in backspace not working. TERM=screen screen is a workable workaround for me. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
TERM=screen screen is _never_ good advice (unless you're running screen -m directly inside of a screen session). Also, if TERM=screen screen fixes your problem, then your problem had nothing to do with this bug, which is specifically that some terminals send ^@ screen, rather than the usual ^? or ^H. Other backspace problems are nearly always a problem of incorrect terminfo descriptions for the parent terminal, or incorrect stty settings. Stty is the easiest to fix, so start with stty erase ^? and work from there. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #477455 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477455 ** Also affects: vte (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477455 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte Status: New = Confirmed -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Morten, is this the same Wuff, Wuff problem, which shows ^@ chars inside cat? If so, the way to fix this is to turn off any autodetection settings for what backspace should send, and explicitly specify the code it should send (probably, ^?). You could also download the latest sources for screen via the git repository at Savannah, as we've fixed this on our end as well as submitting the vte patch. If not, then you should file a new bug or ask for help on an appropriate forum (such as screen-us...@gnu.org). -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
I've been trying to figure out the screen/backspace problem tonight. I ssh'ed into two different Linux boxes from my Mac, an Intrepid and a Lenny system. With screen_4.0.3-11 on both machines, it only worked correctly on the Lenny system. The /etc/screenrc file was identical on the two machines. In my experiments, I didn't use any ~/.screen file. I could find no differences on the two systems wrt. terminal settings etc. ( Identical output from stty and infocmp -l). However, on the Intrepid system, I could get the correct behaviour from screen if I invoke screen like this: $ TERM=screen screen On the Debian system, I only need to do this: $ screen -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Sounds like just the vte patch needs sponsored, so closing the screen task. Feel free to reopen if something else needs investigated there (or maybe better to file a new bug). ** Changed in: screen (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
This bug was fixed in the package vte - 1:0.17.4-0ubuntu3 --- vte (1:0.17.4-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low * 94_no_nul_backspace.patch: Avoid sending NUL character for backspace, when the termios's erase character is undefined and backspace is bound to VTE_ERASE_AUTO. (LP: #29787) -- Micah Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:06:29 -0700 ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: screen (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Hi, I'm closing the xfce4-terminal task, as that uses vte, so if vte is fixed xfce4-terminal will be fixed. Thanks, James ** Changed in: xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #2925 http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2925 ** Also affects: xfce4-terminal via http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2925 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: screen (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
I've dropped all the bindkey statements from my .screenrc, as they were causing other troubles when using other applications (e.g. vim), as predicted. I'm now using an alias via .bashrc, so now all 'screen' is translated to 'screen -T $TERM'. This plays a lot nicer, and seems to produce the desired effect. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Also worth noting, this bug has been around for a while - why haven't I had issues with it until recently? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11294#c13 Still no solution by me. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
That link is not the same issue; it has to do with the terminfo and stty disagreeing with eachother. Fixing either the terminfo or stty should fix the problem (they agree with each other in upstream screen AFAICT; they disagree in some packages). This bug has to do with vte-based terminals, such as xfce4-terminal and TerminalScreenlet, sending ascii NUL (^@) for backspace when they are set to auto-detect what to send for backspace, which is a different issue. Other backspace problems are nearly always misconfigurations of the environment. They will always exist, because such misconfigurations will always occur easily. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Micah, Thanks for pointing that out - I was noticing some unexpected behaviors, this explains them. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
That's a different problem, if it's the first line that's working for you. A much better solution is to keep the backspace as ^?, and make sure stty erase ^? is set for the terminal (or that the terminal is otherwise set to send ^?). It makes a much better choice than ^H, which confuses some programs (notably Emacs). -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
I found a workaround per a comment above. I'm using gnome-terminal, and on some systems I use, 'screen' produces a beep/bell when I hit 'backspace'. in ~/.screenrc: bindkey -d ^? stuff ^H bindkey -d ^@ stuff ^H It now behaves as expected. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Just because it's a config issue, does not mean it's not a bug. The bug (as explained in the original description) is that changing it away from autodetect is required. Tracked down the source of the problem: vte will send whatever the terminal's erase character is, even when it's undefined (that is, '\0'); screen unsets erase and other keys. Vte ought to fall back on a reasonable value, rather than issue the obviously-wrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^? seems like a good candidate... Screen should probably leave the value alone as well. Will investigate why this is done, in the Savannah bug whose link was posted earlier. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Attachment added: Debdiff (hardy) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16103643/vte.debdiff -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Note; the patch above includes literal control characters in the source, namely the ^? (DEL) character; it may not display properly, depending on what you use to view it. I find this practice distasteful, but the surrounding code included literal control characters as well, so I bowed to consistency. -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Attachment added: Debdiff (intrepid) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16104491/vte-intrepid.diff -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Setting to Confirmed per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToFix ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #543379 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543379 ** Also affects: vte via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543379 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
** Changed in: vte Status: Unknown = New -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29787] Re: Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
Retargeting at vte; All xfce4-terminal does is call vte_terminal_set_backspace_binding with VTE_ERASE_AUTO. ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xfce4-terminal = vte Status: Invalid = New -- Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to vte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
