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

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 12:13:57AM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko hat am Fri 02. Jul, 22:21 (+0200) geschrieben:
> > On 06/21/2010 04:06 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > > 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?

I'll upload a new version to unstable in the next day or two (there are
a couple of other smallish fixes I need anyway).

> 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!!!

Thanks; fixed in bzr.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]