Bug#350755: gedit: weird behaviour of the END key in the presence of spaces at the end of the line

[Piotr Engelking]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.10.5-2
Severity: normal

In the presence of spaces at the end of the line, pressing the END key
causes the cursor to jump between the end of the line and the end of the
last word of the line. This is non-standard and very confusing, as it
replaces the usual non-modal behaviour with a modal one, which forces the
user to monitor the position of the cursor in situations it is normally not
neccessary.


Steps to reproduce:

$ echo -n 'foo  ' | gedit -

* Press END a few times.


Expected behaviour:

Pressing the END key should move the cursor to the end of the line.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii  gconf2                 2.12.1-8          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gedit-common           2.10.5-2          light-weight text editor support f
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libaspell15            0.60.4-1          GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.10.3-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0          0.2.6-6           Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.10.1-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.10.1-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.5-8           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libeel2-2              2.10.1-3          Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0] 0.2.36-3          Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) -
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.2-1.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.1.7-2.4         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgail-common         1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17              1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4            2.12.1-8          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11            1.2.2-1           LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.5.1-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.8.5-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.10.2-1          Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.4.6-2           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-menu0         2.10.2-1          an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0            2.10.1-1          The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.12.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0     2.12.1-3          The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0   2.12.1-2          GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.10.1-1          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.10.1-5          The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11            1.0.16-14         GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0          1.1-4             library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.10-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libgtksourceview1.0-0  1.4.2-2           shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii  libice6                6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62              6b-11             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  liborbit2              1:2.12.4-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.10.2-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2             0.2.17-1          Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6               6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6               6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper           0.3.14-10         A free electronic cataloging syste
ii  xlibs                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-9         compression library - runtime

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