I've reproduced this locally in jaunty/9.04 (vte 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2) but it looks like it was handled better in intrepid/8.10 (vte 1:0.17.4-0ubuntu1).
I've reproduced this locally in jaunty/9.04 (vte 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2) but it looks like it was handled better in intrepid/8.10 (vte 1:0.17.4-0ubuntu1).