Bug#256207: gnome-terminal: Selecting "next tab" on rightmost tab inserts obnoxious characters

[Roland Mas]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.6.1-3
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have read bug #158872 as well as its "upstream" counterpart on the
Gnome Bugzilla, but this one, although related, is a different one.
While you could make a case both for and against cycling, I don't
particularly care.

  The problem though is that the current behaviour (no cycling) has
gnome-terminal insert irrelevant characters (namely, ";5~" without
quotes) into whatever process occupies it if I hit Ctrl-PageDown while
in the last tab, or Ctrl-PageUp while in the first tab.  This also
appears if I have no tabs (one single shell).  It's only mildly
irritating when I'm in a shell, but if I'm in a text-based or curses
application, that can become quite obnoxious.

  This is an up-to-date Sarge system.

Thanks,

Roland.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=3Dfr_FR.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=3Dfr_FR.UTF-8@euro

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
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ies an
ii  libesd0                   0.2.29-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - S=
hared=20
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ibrary
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ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.1-2        GNOME configuration database=
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e libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files=
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ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.2.1-2        GNOME keyring services libra=
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ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1-5        The GNOME 2 library - runtim=
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isplay
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User =
Interf
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ii  libgnutls10               1.0.4-3        GNU TLS library - runtime li=
brary
ii  libgpg-error0             0.7-1          library for common error val=
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rface=20
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Roland Mas

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