I think I can't really help you here since I don't know what kind of terminal gnome-terminal tries to emulate. So this behavior could be fully intended or this could be a bug. Who knows... You could try filing a bug on gnome-terminal upstream (http://bugzilla.gnome.org) and find out.
-- [Feisty] problems with vim and shortcuts https://launchpad.net/bugs/91468 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
