I noticed using Terminal to connect via SSH to an IPv6 server and opening a file with nano, character repeats and skipping of the display when pressing and holding backspace or when typing rapidly. This is only new since I installed OS X 10.7 Lion. I seem to have solved the issue by going into Preferences for Terminal.app and selecting the Advanced tab and changing Declare terminal as: to xterm-color from xterm256-color.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
Ace Linus - 2013-05-13 07:19:34
Thanks a bunch, such a PITA! Aprreciated!
Bradmkjr - 2012-07-22 22:03:59
Thanks for sharing, a year later and this is still an issue in Lion
adam.mooloop - 2012-02-23 12:01:23
You are a legend! This has been bugging me for ages :D
Gilligoon - 2011-08-01 02:26:36
Thanks for your tip, I just needed to make that change for every style of terminal, not just the default style.
Still, it was frustrating for several days!
Still, it was frustrating for several days!
Gilligoon - 2011-08-01 01:38:54
this is very frustrating, as one of the main reasons I upgraded to 10.7 was the promise of a vastly improved Terminal.
I changed the prefs as you suggested, and it is helping on some windows, but it seems worse with non-standard font sizes, such as when in full screen mode or CMD+ resized windows.
I use Terminal for SSH all day every day, nano frequently, and I cannot afford to have broken config files due to this problem.
I changed the prefs as you suggested, and it is helping on some windows, but it seems worse with non-standard font sizes, such as when in full screen mode or CMD+ resized windows.
I use Terminal for SSH all day every day, nano frequently, and I cannot afford to have broken config files due to this problem.
digitalaun - 2011-07-27 04:53:26
Had the same problem, and that looks to have fixed it. Thanks!
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