select-editor prints unescaped characters
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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debianutils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Dustin Kirkland |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: debianutils
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
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2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
debianutils:
Installed: 2.30ubuntu2
Candidate: 2.30ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2.30ubuntu2 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
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3) What you expected to happen
$ select-editor
Select an editor. To change later, run 'select-editor'.
1. /usr/bin/
2. /bin/ed
3. /bin/nano <---- easiest
4. /usr/bin/vim.tiny
5. /usr/bin/vim.basic
Choose 1-5 [3]: ^C
$
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4) What happened instead
$ select-editor
\nSelect an editor. To change later, run 'select-editor'.
1. /usr/bin/
2. /bin/ed\t\t
3. /bin/nano\t\t<---- easiest
4. /usr/bin/
5. /usr/bin/
Choose 1-5 [3]: ^C
$
Under what circumstances does it print un-escaped characters? All of the time? What's your $TERM?
:-Dustin