** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal
Both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal are affected, but not the text-
only terminals (alt+f1, f2 etc.). So probably the package hint is
wrong...
Description:
- When going back to the previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor
jumps one character to the left and shifts the other letters incorrectly.
+ With special characters present before the $ sign, when going back to the
previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor jumps to the left too far
(one character per special character).
- How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment, a screenshot):
+ How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment):
1. Open the terminal (in X, not the real text-only screens)
- 2. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my example:
"abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column (the "t"
in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line.
- 3. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead
of one.
- 4. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually
typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display
problem, not an input problem.
+ 2. Create a folder with special characters in it, e.g. with german special
characters: $ mkdir abcäöü
+ 3. Go to the special character folder. $ cd abcäöü
+ 4. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my attached
example: "abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column
(the "t" in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line.
+ 5. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead
of one if one special character is present (3 if there are 2; 4 if there are 3
etc.).
+ 6. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually
typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display
problem, not an input problem.
Instead of step 4, you can also type some new rubbish. It will be
inserted into the old rubbish exactly the way you type it, but it won't
display correctly. It's like a blind flight: As long as you know exactly
where you are, you'll land on the airport. But never try to tell your
position from what you see...
- The bug is possibly a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504, but the
- symptoms described there don't seem to match mine exactly.
+ The bug is most probably not a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504.
+ The symptoms described there don't match ours here.
- Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of May 20th 2009
+ Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of July 15 2009.
$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal:
Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy xfce4-terminal
xfce4-terminal:
Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2
Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 0
500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
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Cursor in terminal behaves badly with special characters present
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378668
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