Historial of commands in the shell isn't working properly. When I modify a previous command, the command executed isn't the same that's showed.

[Jorge L Plaza R]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

1) Ubuntu 9.10
2) Gnome Terminal 2.28.1
3) I search for a previous command (using the up arrow key), then I modify the one I want. When I click "del" or "backspace", I expect the shell to remove the character.
4) Other letters or white spaces appear in that point. Even if I get to a point where the command is OK, when I click enter an error occurs because the executed command is not exactly like the one I was seeing, it contains another letters.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 6 20:53:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

do you get the same with xterm ?

[Jorge L Plaza R (jplaza)]

Hi Pedro,

I'm sorry for not answering you sooner, I was not able to try it at work.
It happens in xterm too, I noticed that sometimes the position where the
command starts is different (sometimes next to the $ sign [$ls] and
sometimes
with a blank character in between [$ ls]), and when it's right next to the
$, I cannot
reach the first character, and it dissappears when I move the cursor trying
to
reach it.

I hope this information is useful, if there's something I can do please tell
me.

Best regards,

Jorge L. Plaza R.
<email address hidden>

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> do you get the same with xterm ?
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Historial of commands in the shell isn't working properly. When I modify a
> previous command, the command executed isn't the same that's showed.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493394
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Jorge L Plaza R (jplaza)]

More Info:
Apparently this happens only when the line is wrapped. I tried to reproduce the bug with a bigger shell window and it works fine, although there's still present the issue with the prompt (some commands start right next to the $ and others --most of them-- don't)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

ok thanks you so it might be something else, the bug needs to be reassigned, thanks for the update.