See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733246 . Gnome-terminal should do whatever xterm does.
"In normal Gtk+ applications this key combination deletes the previous word (Ctrl+W) in Bash" -- what do you mean by normal Gtk+ applications that run bash? Note that by default Alt+Backspace in bash does the same as ^W (and what you'd prefer Ctrl+Backspace to do). ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #733246 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733246 -- 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/1341667 Title: Ctrl+Backspace should send ^W instead of doing the same thing as Backspace Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Linux Mint 17. In the Gnome Terminal when hitting Ctrl+Backspace just one character is being deleted (^H). In normal Gtk+ applications this key combination deletes the previous word (Ctrl+W) in Bash. There's also no way for Bash to distinguish between Ctrl+Backspace and Backspace. Therefore I think there should be an option to send ^W on Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Backspace should be distinguishable for Bash so that I can bind it myself. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1341667/+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
