Re: backward-kill-word is not refreshing correctly

[Chet Ramey]

Matt Zyzik wrote:

> Try to follow these exact instructions. First, set your PS1 to the
> above. It should result in a colored prompt. Second, type "asdf" so many
> times that it goes passed the width of the terminal and the words begin
> to appear on the next line. (Open xterm at its default width to do
> this.) At that point, keep hitting either Alt-Bksp or Ctrl-W until you
> see bash not refreshing properly.

OK, I figured out why I couldn't reproduce it.  My locale is always set
to en_US.UTF-8 (multibyte), and the problem only manifests itself when
in non-multibyte mode.  This is why I originally asked for your locale --
that was the missing piece.  It should be pretty easy to fix.

Chet
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