- To: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: xterm: backspace deletes twice much of characters for each UTF-8 character
- From: Németh Márton <nm127@freemail.hu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:10:36 +0100
- Message-id: <47964DBC.2080601@freemail.hu>
Package: xterm
Version: 231-1
Severity: important
When xterm is switched to UTF-8 mode it is possible to enter UTF-8 characters in bash.
However, if an UTF-8 character entered, you can press the backspace two times and it will
delete the prompt also.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start xterm: "xterm -en UTF-8"
2. If you check "VT Fonts" menu (Ctrl+right mouse button) the UTF-8 item is set
(See the attached 01_started_with_-en_UTF-8.png)
3. Set the keymap to US keyboard: "setxkbmap en_US"
4. Enter the some characters: "jkl;'" (See the attached
02_some_en-US_characters_entered.png)
5. Press the backspace 5 times: the characters are deleted.
6. Press the backspace 2 more times: nothing is deleted. (See
the attached 03_the_en-US_characters_deleted.png)
7. Set the keyboard to Hungarian: "setxkbmap hu"
8. Press the same buttons as before, this time the characters: "jkléá" are shown.
(See the attached 04_some_hu_characters_entered.png)
9. Press the backspace 5 times: the characters are deleted.
10. Press the backspace 2 more times: two extra characters are deleted from the
prompt. (See the attached 05_the_hu_characters_AND_the_promt_deleted.png)
Expected behavior: no more characters can be deleted than was entered.
My locale settings are:
xterm: backspace deletes twice much of characters for each UTF-8 character
$ locale
LANG=hu_HU
LANGUAGE=hu_HU:hu:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="hu_HU"
LC_NUMERIC="hu_HU"
LC_TIME="hu_HU"
LC_COLLATE="hu_HU"
LC_MONETARY="hu_HU"
LC_MESSAGES="hu_HU"
LC_PAPER="hu_HU"
LC_NAME="hu_HU"
LC_ADDRESS="hu_HU"
LC_TELEPHONE="hu_HU"
LC_MEASUREMENT="hu_HU"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="hu_HU"
LC_ALL=
My bash version is:
ii bash 3.1dfsg-8 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=hu_HU, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.5.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.6+20071215-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.12-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs
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