Well, this shouldn't be considered a bug, apparently it is just that the gnome-terminal is programmed to use Alt instead of Meta which I think is standard for the keybindings of Readline. (See http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_93.html for readline keybindings.)
-- Meta is mapped to Win keys, not respected by certain applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/71138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs