With 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.3 (Trusty) the alt-tab completion works, but the character isn't echoed back.
sftp> get nave Fetching /tmp/naïve to naïve Attempts to enter a character (AltGr+a for æ or AltGr+[+i for ï, for example) simply results in an error beep, which is new but thoroughly useless and a step backwards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349913 Title: sftp: cannot enter umlauts like ä, ö, ü Status in portable OpenSSH: Fix Released Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I am on the sftp prompt, I cannot enter something like ä, ö or ü. It just does nothing if I press the keys, so I can't transfer files including these characters. On the other hand, ls works fine with such files. This is my curent locale: $ locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openssh/+bug/349913/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

