This is almost fixed in Jaunty, which has gnuplot 4.2.4-4 built with
libedit. Only the DEL key doesn't work.
** Summary changed:
- HOME END DEL keys not working
+ DEL key not working
** Description changed:
The keys HOME, END and DEL do not work in gnuplot. They output H, F and
3~
Is there anything that can be done to move this along? It's over a year
since the last comment and it's still a problem!
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Yes, I've read that upstream bug, however I don't quite believe what is
claimed there.
Can you please point out which Linux system has gnuplot compiled with
builtin readline and have HOME, END, and DELETE keys working? In the
upstream bug only the upstream developer can make it work in kconsole.
Either the builtin readline supports HOME, END and DELETE, so this is a
real bug in Ubuntu. Or either it doesn't and this is invalid since
nobody can legally distribute binaries of gnuplot + gnu-readline. It is
really sad that gnuplot developers do not wish to solve this issue:
either change the
** Description changed:
The keys HOME, END and DEL do not work in gnuplot. They output H, F and
3~ respectively.
+
+ This is because gnuplot in Debian/Ubuntu is not compiled with GNU
+ readline support due to incompatible licenses.
** Summary changed:
- HOME END DEL keys not working
+
** Changed in: gnuplot (Debian)
Status: Unknown = New
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** Also affects: gnuplot (Debian)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gnuplot (Debian)
Importance: Undecided = Unknown
Bugwatch: None = Debian Bug tracker #305501
Status: New = Unknown
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I confirm the bug with feisty and gnuplot 4.0.0-5.
** Changed in: gnuplot (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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