Bug 173421

Summary: Default "add bookmark" keyboard shortcut is stupid
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Giles Constant <giles>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: robertknight
Priority: NOR    
Version: 2.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Giles Constant 2008-10-24 12:14:55 UTC 
Version:           2.1 (using 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-21-generic

So I spent a couple of days trying to figure out why I can't move my cursor backwards in my shell.

I was hitting ctrl-b, which is the default key in most bourne shells, but nothing was happening.

One day I clicked the "bookmark" menu by accident.  Oh look, thousands of bookmarks, and apparently the "move cursor backwards" key is now assigned to "add bookmark".

Does the person who came up with that feature actually use bash?
Comment 1 Brad Hards 2008-10-24 12:55:13 UTC 
Giles,

I take no position on whether the default shortcut is a good one or not for konsole, however Ctrl-B is a standard accelerator (e.g. also used in Konqueror and Okular). It probably happens because it is part of a standard bookmark class in kdelibs.

My bigger concern is that the wording in this bug report is a bit objectionable. Remember that the developers give their time to help you, mostly for free. If you want them to fix your issues, then it might help to be polite.

[FWIW: I use bash, and I never ctrl-b]
Comment 2 Robert Knight 2008-10-24 14:11:03 UTC 
Hi,

The reason Ctrl+B was the shortcut for the 'Add Bookmark' menu item was because of a bug.  That has been fixed now.  The terminal should not have any single-modifier shortcuts.

> Does the person who came up with that feature actually use bash?

Yes, but there are multiple ways of doing most things in Bash.  I use the arrow keys to move the cursor around and I'm guessing most people do to given the relatively low number of reports about this.