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gnome-terminal package

Using Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn to switch tabs results in garbage on command line

Bug #279480 reported by Sean Sosik-Hamor on 2008-10-07

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	GNOME Terminal	Fix Released	Low	gnome-bugs #453193
	gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Using Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn to switch tabs results in garbage on command line.

Open a new terminal and create multiple tabs. Hit Ctrl-PgDn until you reach the last tab. Hit Ctrl-PgDn again and ";5~" appears on the command line for each keypress.

sciri@baka:~$ ;5~;5~

Hit Ctrl-PgUp until your each the first tab. Hit Ctrl-PgUp again and "5~" appears on the command line.

sciri@baka:~$ 5~5~

I don't recall seeing this behaviour in Hardy.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Related branches

lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/gnome-terminal/ubuntu

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gnome-terminal

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Sean Sosik-Hamor (sciri) wrote on 2008-10-07:

lp-bug-gnome_terminal-tabgarbage.png Edit (75.9 KiB, image/png)

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Sean Sosik-Hamor (sciri) wrote on 2008-10-07:

As an additional comment, the behaviour I'd expect would be to act like Firefox: wrap around from the last to the first tab when hitting next, or wrap around from the first to the last tab when hitting previous.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-10-07:

thanks for the report, do you get the same output while using xterm?

Changed in gnome-terminal:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-10-07:

found the upstream related one: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453193 that's fixed already there though, thanks.

Changed in gnome-terminal:
status:	Incomplete → Fix Committed

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Sean Sosik-Hamor (sciri) wrote on 2008-10-07:

Yes, I get the same ";5~" "5~" garbage control characters when hitting Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn in xterm. And thanks for finding the upstream bug. :)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-10-07

Changed in gnome-terminal:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-10-21:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-terminal - 2.24.1-0ubuntu1

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gnome-terminal (2.24.1-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - accels sent to the terminal if the corresponding gtkaction
      is insensitive (lp: #208291) (lp: #279480)
    - Set title dialog should activate with Enter (lp: #268286)
    - In main menu, Terminal and Tabs have same mnemonic (lp: #279046)
  * debian/patches/05_restore_tab_switching_shortcuts.patch:
    - Dropped, the change is in the release
  * debian/patches/06_add_locale_to_schemas.patch:
    - Add <locale> tag to .schemas
  * debian/patches/99_autoreconf.patch:
    - Refreshed

-- Pedro Fragoso <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:13:52 +0100

Changed in gnome-terminal:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-09-16

Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance:	Unknown → Low

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aaron (aaron-zareason) wrote on 2010-09-20:

Not fixed. I get 5~ and ;5~ for ctrl-pgup and ctrl-pgdn, when using the pgup and pgdn keys on my number pad (9 and 3 without numlock), but not when using the dedicated keys (pgup and pgdown).