Weird character at end of tabs in terminal

[Dan Track]

On 8/2/05, Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org> wrote:
> Dan Track wrote:
> > On 8/2/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Dan Track wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>When flicking through the tabs on my gnome terminal using "Ctrl+Page
> >>>Up" and "Ctrl+Page Down" I get a weird "5~5~" character repeat, until
> >>>I let go of the keys. This never used to happen on before FC4.
> >>>
> >>>Is there anyway I can solve this?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>Dan
> >>>
> >>
> >>I have written a little program I call "keys" which I use to try
> >>to resolve such problems. It shows what a given key emits.
> >>
> >>$ keys
> >>^[[5;5~
> >>'.' = 1B
> >>'[' = 5B
> >>'5' = 35
> >>';' = 3B
> >>'5' = 35
> >>'~' = 7E
> >>'.' = 0A
> >>
> >>Ok, CTRL-PageUp and CTRL-PgUp (on numeric keypad) both generate
> >>
> >><ESC> [ 5 ; 5 ~
> >>
> >>on my machine. So it seems that the "<ESC> [ 5 ;" is being eaten
> >>and interpreted as one keypress, and the "5~" is being interpreted
> >>as a second keypress, not being recognized, and emitted.
> >>
> >>Now, why that should be, I dunno. Do you have a $HOME/.Xdefaults
> >>file?
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>--
> >>p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
> >>This message made from 100% recycled bits.
> >>You have found the bank of Larn.
> >>I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
> >>I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
> >>
> >
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > Nope I don't have an .Xdefaults file. Its a standard install of FC4.
> > Any ideas, I don't know where to start looking for a problem like
> > this, and on top that google doesn't search items like "5~".
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> > Dan
> >
> 
> ctrl-PageUp and ctrl-PageDown are (apparently) not bound by default by
> gnome-terminal.  To bind them to whatever you would like them to do, go
> to the menu bar and select Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts... .  There you
> can specify that Switch to Previous Tab should be <Control>Page_Up (just
> click on the entry and then type ctrl-PageUp).  Same for Swith to Next Tab.

Hi

Thanks for the reply.

They are bound by default. I can see them in the keyboard shortcuts.
Where else can I look to solve this?

Thanks
Dan