Hi. When I use Alt-<a number> to switch tabs within lxterminal, it also inputs the equivalent of Escape-<a number>. This behavior is only when I actually switch tabs. For example, if I'm in tab 1 and switch to tab 2 using Alt-2, then shell (Bash) displays "(arg:2)" as if I had used the escape character. If I'm already in tab 2 and press Alt-2, then nothing happens.
On another machine of mine I use the default terminal emulator of Xfce with no problems. The keyboard mapping is the same on both machines. So, is this a keyboard issue or a lxterminal issue?
Thanks.
Alt-# behavior
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Re: Alt-# behavior
Looks like an lxterminal thing. FWIW, when using Ctrl-Shift-t to create a new tab, the new tab shows ^T before the bash prompt. I don't recall when this started happening; currently using lxterminal-0.1.11-3 in Fedora 17 and lxterminal-0.1.11-1 in Fedora 16.
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Re: Alt-# behavior
I have the same problem.
alt+2; $ arg22
ctrl+shift+t; $ ^T
Can not find a solution!
alt+2; $ arg22
ctrl+shift+t; $ ^T
Can not find a solution!
Re: Alt-# behavior
It appears to be a distribution thing.
I have 3 Mint Debians with LXDE desktops complete with lxterminal. Alt+# works correctly on all 3. New tabs for 2 of them have the ^T before the bash prompt, which does not seem to affect anything, when using ctrl+shift+t. The third one does not have the ^T.
I have 2 Xubuntu 12.04 with LXDE desktops. On one I replaced xfce-terminal with lxterminal and on the other I kept the xfce-terminal. Everything works correctly without any ^T.
I have 1 Crunchbang with LXDE desktop with terminator and xfce-terminal. Ctrl+shift+t works correctly without ^T in both. Alt+n is a real mixed bag. In the xfce-terminal it changes the tab with prompt
when, for example, arg+3 is administered. Typing a command changes the prompt to the usual one and types the first letter of the command 3 times. In the terminator the tab is not changed, otherwise the behavior is the same.
I have 3 Mint Debians with LXDE desktops complete with lxterminal. Alt+# works correctly on all 3. New tabs for 2 of them have the ^T before the bash prompt, which does not seem to affect anything, when using ctrl+shift+t. The third one does not have the ^T.
I have 2 Xubuntu 12.04 with LXDE desktops. On one I replaced xfce-terminal with lxterminal and on the other I kept the xfce-terminal. Everything works correctly without any ^T.
I have 1 Crunchbang with LXDE desktop with terminator and xfce-terminal. Ctrl+shift+t works correctly without ^T in both. Alt+n is a real mixed bag. In the xfce-terminal it changes the tab with prompt
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Re: Alt-# behavior
It's Arch linux which I use.
So lxterminal have this bug for many distrobutions.
Why this big bug not being noticed by the maintainer?
So lxterminal have this bug for many distrobutions.
Why this big bug not being noticed by the maintainer?
Re: Alt-# behavior
It is NOT just lxterminal. If you read my post, you will see that alt+# works correctly on my 4 lxterminal distributions. It did NOT work on an xfce-terminal and on terminator in a Crunchbang distribution.