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Platform: NetBeans 7.3RC1 java version "1.7.0_13" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_13-b20) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) OS: 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 15:04:44 PST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Same code executed on NetBean 7.2.1 (no issue) while ((c =getchar())!='\n') { ... } In the output console: => backspace is translated as ^H => delete acts as backspace The system is correctly configured (console mode, Gnome console ...) and the previous NetBeans version of the output console does not present this flaw.
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This doesn't sound like a P2. The related bug is #194480. This could be a regression after a fix of #182824...
Fixed in internal repo: rev/51df4d115985
Integrated into 'releases/release74', will be available in build *201311141216* or newer. Wait for official and publicly available build. Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/releases/rev/5f76fbfa3cb3 User: Ilia Gromov <ilia@netbeans.org> Log: fixed Bug 225658 - In Output Window: delete button works like backspace & backspace button as ^h (transplanted from 51df4d11598512b36478dfca2bb3412301907306)
verified in NetBeans IDE 7.4 (Build 201311142201)