Re: backward-kill-word is not refreshing correctly

[Andreas Schwab]

Matt Zyzik <matt.zyzik@nyu.edu> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:50:52PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> > 
>> > My PS1, which causes the issue, is:
>> > 
>> > PS1='[\[\033[01;32m\]\u \[\033[01;31m\]- \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]]$ '
>> 
>> Sorry, I still can't reproduce it.  Can you send a series of steps that
>> you use to reproduce the problem?  A terminal session log (e.g., that
>> produced by `script') might also help.
>> 
>> Chet
>
> Try to follow these exact instructions. First, set your PS1 to the
> above.

You may want to modify PS1 to not include any variable elements.  Most
such bugs are dependent on the exact width of the prompt.

Andreas.

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