Delete key in R console does not work

If you highlight a file in the "files" tab, pressing the delete key in the R console window results in you deleting the file, not deleting the character in the R console window.

This behaviour persists even if the files tab is closed.

That means the delete key does not work in the R console window (really annoying) and you risk deleting files while typing code in the console window.

Thanks for any help with this!

Rkward 0.5.0b
Using KDE 4.0.5
R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
Ubuntu 8.04