Bug#586953: quits command line mode when holding down arrow keys

[Jörg Sommer]

Hi Vladimir,

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko hat am Fri 02. Jul, 22:21 (+0200) geschrieben:
> On 06/21/2010 04:06 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > Package: grub-ieee1275
> > Version: 1.98+20100617-1
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: upstream
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > when switch to the editing mode or the commandline mode from the menu and
> > hold down an arrow key, e.g. right arrow to move to the end of line, the
> > editing mode quits and I'm back to the menu.
> >
> > To me it looks like the arrow keys send multi‐character sequences
> > starting with an escape character. The escape character is used to leave
> > the editing mode, hence the escape is misinterpreted when the key is held
> > down.
> >
> >   
> Could you try the latest upstream bzr?

Sorry for the stupid question: is it available as a Debian package? From
where can I fetch it?

BTW: The named URL in copyright is invalid.

% LCC wget --spider $(grep -o 'http://.*' $D/grub-ieee1275/copyright)
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2010-07-04 00:12:55--  http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2.en.html
Resolving www.gnu.org... 199.232.41.10
Connecting to www.gnu.org|199.232.41.10|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Remote file does not exist -- broken link!!!

Bye, Jörg.
-- 
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                                        (Marcel Reich‐Ranicki)
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