Public bug reported: Somehow in the last update (as of ~08:30 BST) my gnome terminal re- acquired the "Enable Menu Access Keys (Such as Alt+F to open the File menu)" option. I had to hunt around for a while to figure out how to shut it off again. This is a nasty surprise, as well as a terrible default: terminals are meant to send your keystrokes to remote applications, and gobbling them up locally is unhelpful.
For example, Alt+F is actually "move forward by word" in any terminal application using GNU Readline, as well as in Emacs and possibly nano. It is expected by users that alt+key combinations will be sent to the terminal-using application in some form. As an aside, this kind of bug is why I gave up on using Emacs nearly 20 years ago: one of the terminals I had access to ate ^S locally for terminal flow control, so the command combination to save a buffer locked up my session and lost my work. I lost three important edit sessions before giving in and permanently switching to vi. This kind of behavior can be disastrous for people! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 5 08:53:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-04 (0 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868152 Title: Enable Menu Access Keys was switched back on without my request Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Somehow in the last update (as of ~08:30 BST) my gnome terminal re- acquired the "Enable Menu Access Keys (Such as Alt+F to open the File menu)" option. I had to hunt around for a while to figure out how to shut it off again. This is a nasty surprise, as well as a terrible default: terminals are meant to send your keystrokes to remote applications, and gobbling them up locally is unhelpful. For example, Alt+F is actually "move forward by word" in any terminal application using GNU Readline, as well as in Emacs and possibly nano. It is expected by users that alt+key combinations will be sent to the terminal-using application in some form. As an aside, this kind of bug is why I gave up on using Emacs nearly 20 years ago: one of the terminals I had access to ate ^S locally for terminal flow control, so the command combination to save a buffer locked up my session and lost my work. I lost three important edit sessions before giving in and permanently switching to vi. This kind of behavior can be disastrous for people! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 5 08:53:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-04 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/868152/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp