byobu emacs mode escape key fails
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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byobu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Byobu now offers not to use ctrl-a as its escape sequence because it interferes with Emacs. However, on choosing 'Emacs mode (go to beginning of line)' when prompted, I found that neither F12 nor the alternative escape sequence I choose via F9 did anything, despite the implication that they would.
To reproduce:
$ byobu-ctrl-a
Configure Byobu's ctrl-a behavior...
When you press ctrl-a in Byobu, do you want it to operate in:
(1) Emacs mode (go to beginning of line)
(2) Screen mode (GNU Screen's default escape sequence)
Note that:
- F12 also operates as Screen escape in Byobu
- You can press F9 and choose your escape character
- You can run 'byobu-ctrl-a' at any time to change your selection
Select [1 or 2]: 1
$ byobu
F12 c (<- expect new screen, get 'c')
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: byobu 4.37-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 8 00:36:07 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
ScreenRC:
SourcePackage: byobu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-07 (0 days ago)
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Okay, I've tested this and it's working fine in byobu-screen, but not in byobu-tmux. I'm confirming it and fixing it there.