When I cut/paste a single line from one gnome-term to another I often get " P " in front of what I'm expecting. For instance I just started pasting at column 10 and swept left to the edge of the window on a line that contained "At:" and got: a` P At:
This problem should be fixed in the lastes gnome updates available from our errata page. http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/rh60-errata-general.html#gnome