Alt+Space (SYM) on Droid sends strange input

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Type something into an SSH session
2. Press Alt+Space (SYM) on physical keyboard

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Either nothing should happen, the symbol screen should appear, or the space
key should be sent.
Instead, I get strange keyboard input usually involving the entered text
disappearing. On the normal command prompt, it replaces the original text
with ":��" (without quotes), and pressing enter returns the original text
with the cursor at the left.

What version of the product are you using (you can see this by using Menu
-> About in the Host List)?
Motorola Droid running Android 2.0.1

What type of system are you trying to connect to?
SSH on Ubuntu 9.10 x64

If you are able to connect, what is the output of "echo $TERM", "uname -a",
and any other relevant information on the host?
`echo $TERM` is 'screen'

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andrewneo on 4 Jan 2010 at 7:38

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It generates a special symbol called PICKER_DIALOG_INPUT.
We could do:
- Intercept that symbol and do nothing.
- Popup up a symbol picker dialog.

Original comment by LatinSuD@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2010 at 7:25

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I'd really vote for a symbol picker dialog. For instance, on my german motorola 
milestone, I can't enter $ sign or [] brackets. (I've set it to use a US 
English Locale, though).

Original comment by markus.g...@gmail.com on 13 Aug 2010 at 7:04

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Duplicate of 261

Original comment by thel...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 9:06