Unable to type some characters with on-screen keyboard (Cupcake)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open connectbot
2. Login to an ssh server
3. Try to type (using the on-screen keyboard) any of the following 
characters: $, %, &, (, ), !, ^

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
One would expect the proper symbols to be printed on the command line. 
Instead, a '~' symbol is printed.

What version of the product are you using (you can see this by using Menu -
> About in the Host List)?
1.3 svn r221

What type of system are you trying to connect to?
A typical ssh host, my university computing server.

If you are able to connect, what is the output of "echo $TERM", "uname -
a", and any other relevant information on the host?
$ env | grep TERM
TERM=screen
$ uname -a
Linux master00.csic.es 2.6.9-67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.6smp #1 SMP Thu Sep 11 
18:59:03 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ env | grep SHELL
SHELL=/bin/bash
MODULE_SHELL=sh

Please provide any additional information below.
Some of these characters are vital for standard ssh users.
For instance, I can't execute "echo $TERM" because I can't type the '$' 
character :-)
Neither can I write/edit any C program because I cant type the '()' 
characters. The same thing when I want to run in background, for which I 
need the '&'...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by samuel.p...@gmail.com on 6 May 2009 at 11:26

jumaris / connectbot

Unable to type some characters with on-screen keyboard (Cupcake) #143