Comment 30 for bug 402188

Folks, before even more post a request here for this bug to be fixed please first read
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

The page explains how and when bug fixes are applied in stable releases like karmic.
For now the bug the bug is fixed in debian and will be fixed in Lucd Lynx once the package is pulled from debian.

As to why this bug wasn't fixed in time: Maybe there were more urgent issues to fix than this and the maintainers never had the time for it?

Regards Yofel

PS: why not use vim if you're already on the command line?