Debian Bug report logs - #961102
Debian gnome and kde `terminal'

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Debian gnome and kde `terminal'

Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 10:44:10 +0430

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Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 3.30.2-2

Hi
There is a frustrating issue on Gnome and KDE terminal.
I have tried on both debian stable and testing release.
I enter a long command on terminal and after finishing I put arrow UP to
use that command again the cursor doesn't go to the first character of my
command. The issue has been attached.
Even when I use Ctrl+r to reverse search on terminal I have the same issue.
best wishes

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Message #10 received at 961102@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>

To: 961102@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#961102: Acknowledgement (Debian gnome and kde `terminal')

Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 13:55:31 +0430

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This is the screenshot,
I downloaded the netinst release of debian the installed
task-gnome/kde-desktop in both stable and testing I have the same issue,
regards

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Message #15 received at 961102-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

To: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>, 961102-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#961102: Debian gnome and kde `terminal'

Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 11:34:34 +0100

On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 10:44:10 +0430, morteza jamareh wrote:
> There is a frustrating issue on Gnome and KDE terminal.
> I have tried on both debian stable and testing release.
> I enter a long command on terminal and after finishing I put arrow UP to use
> that command again the cursor doesn't go to the first character of my command.

This is the behaviour of your shell (probably bash, but perhaps something
else like zsh or tcsh if you have chosen to use a different shell),
not the terminal. The shell controls the cursor position, the terminal just
displays what the shell tells it to.

I don't think this is a bug in the shell, either: I think this is
the shell working the way it is designed to work. In every shell and
interactive prompt I can remember using (including bash, zsh, Python
and even the Quake III Arena console), scrolling back through previous
commands puts the cursor at the end of the line, so that if you are passing
different final arguments to a long command, you can do something like,
for example:

    ls -al --color=always --classify /home
    [Up arrow]/user
    [Up arrow][Ctrl+W]/tmp

and it will have the effect of:

    ls -al --color=always --classify /home
    ls -al --color=always --classify /home/user
    ls -al --color=always --classify /tmp

If the behaviour that you want is (for some reason) that the cursor is
placed at the beginning of lines recalled from history, then you need
to choose a shell that is designed to work like that, or can be configured
to work like that. I don't know whether there are any shells with that
behaviour in Debian.

    smcv

Message #20 received at 961102@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>

To: 961102@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#961102 closed by Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> (Re: Bug#961102: Debian gnome and kde `terminal')

Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 16:14:28 +0430

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Hi
Thanks a lot
I do check it,
best regards

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:09 PM Debian Bug Tracking System <
owner@bugs.debian.org> wrote:

> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the gnome-terminal package:
>
> #961102: Debian gnome and kde `terminal'
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> It has been closed by Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
> To: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>, 961102-done@bugs.debian.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 11:34:34 +0100
> Subject: Re: Bug#961102: Debian gnome and kde `terminal'
> On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 10:44:10 +0430, morteza jamareh wrote:
> > There is a frustrating issue on Gnome and KDE terminal.
> > I have tried on both debian stable and testing release.
> > I enter a long command on terminal and after finishing I put arrow UP to
> use
> > that command again the cursor doesn't go to the first character of my
> command.
>
> This is the behaviour of your shell (probably bash, but perhaps something
> else like zsh or tcsh if you have chosen to use a different shell),
> not the terminal. The shell controls the cursor position, the terminal just
> displays what the shell tells it to.
>
> I don't think this is a bug in the shell, either: I think this is
> the shell working the way it is designed to work. In every shell and
> interactive prompt I can remember using (including bash, zsh, Python
> and even the Quake III Arena console), scrolling back through previous
> commands puts the cursor at the end of the line, so that if you are passing
> different final arguments to a long command, you can do something like,
> for example:
>
>     ls -al --color=always --classify /home
>     [Up arrow]/user
>     [Up arrow][Ctrl+W]/tmp
>
> and it will have the effect of:
>
>     ls -al --color=always --classify /home
>     ls -al --color=always --classify /home/user
>     ls -al --color=always --classify /tmp
>
> If the behaviour that you want is (for some reason) that the cursor is
> placed at the beginning of lines recalled from history, then you need
> to choose a shell that is designed to work like that, or can be configured
> to work like that. I don't know whether there are any shells with that
> behaviour in Debian.
>
>     smcv
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: morteza jamareh <realjamareh@gmail.com>
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 10:44:10 +0430
> Subject: Debian gnome and kde `terminal'
> Package: gnome-terminal
> Version: 3.30.2-2
>
> Hi
> There is a frustrating issue on Gnome and KDE terminal.
> I have tried on both debian stable and testing release.
> I enter a long command on terminal and after finishing I put arrow UP to
> use that command again the cursor doesn't go to the first character of my
> command. The issue has been attached.
> Even when I use Ctrl+r to reverse search on terminal I have the same issue.
> best wishes
>

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