Bug 708698

Summary:	^A backspace broken
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Peter Backes <rtc>
Component:	screen	Assignee:	Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	mlichvar
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Description Peter Backes 2011-05-28 21:32:46 UTC

Description of problem:
typing ^A backspace has no effect

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
screen-4.1.0-0.3.20101110git066b098.fc15.i686

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start screen inside XFCE Terminal or gnome terminal
2. press ^A c to open another screen
3. press ^A backspace to try to invoke prev
  
Actual results:
nothing happens

Expected results:
screen switches goes to the previous screen

Additional info:
reverting either 8ddf77842aa041ebb6ea4ec793b134a130d78cf3 or 01fbf99748f536519605087d5937761790fc6ded makes the problem go away.

Using Session=xfce4, Language=en_US, Layout=de nodeadkeys

Comment 1 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2011-08-08 08:16:55 UTC

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 2 Lukáš Nykrýn 2011-08-12 08:53:29 UTC

In gnome-terminal backspace generates ascii-del which screen does not recognize as backspace. Try set in setting to generate control-h sequence.

Comment 3 Peter Backes 2011-08-12 10:01:49 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> In gnome-terminal backspace generates ascii-del which screen does not recognize
> as backspace. Try set in setting to generate control-h sequence.

This workaround breaks other things. Screen shouldn't depend on what the terminal sends for backspace, as long as it is what stty says.

Comment 4 Lukáš Nykrýn 2011-08-12 12:13:13 UTC

Or maybe you can try add 
bind -k kb prev
in your ~/.screenrc

Comment 5 Peter Backes 2011-08-12 17:10:17 UTC

indeed, that works fine

Comment 6 Lukáš Nykrýn 2011-12-20 11:43:52 UTC

fix commited to git -> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2011-December/695736.html -> modified

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2011-12-20 11:52:06 UTC

screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2011-12-22 22:40:58 UTC

Package screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-17299/screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 9 Peter Backes 2012-01-12 23:31:42 UTC

This is fixed in current updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-01-30 20:56:29 UTC

screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.