Re: how to workaroun 'nl' being added to input-line after 49 characters....

[Linda Walsh]

For completeness current code (haven't fixed the DISPLAY part yet):

if [ -n "$_sh_interactive_shell" ] ; then 
	shopt -s cdspell checkhash checkwinsize cmdhist dotglob extglob 
	shopt -s histappend hostcomplete lithist
        shopt -s no_empty_cmd_completion xpg_echo
        # build a prompt ###########
        #specific to linux console compat emulations
        _CRed="$(echo -en "\033[31m")"
        _CRST="$(echo -en "\033[0m")"
        _CBLD="$(echo -en "\033[1m")"
        PUBLIC _prompt_open=""
        PUBLIC _prompt_close=">"
        PUBLIC _disp_port=${DISPLAY/[^:]*:/}
	[[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && { 
		_prompt_open="$_CBLD$_CRed"
                _prompt_close="#$_CRST"
        }
        PS1='${_prompt_open}$(spwd "$PWD")${_prompt_close} ';
        
        if [ -n ${REMOTEHOST:-""} ]; then
                #set_icon_and_title
                PUB_CONST _pshost=$(echo -en 
"\033]1;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:${_disp_port}\007")
                PS1='\[$_pshost\]${_prompt_open}${HOSTNAME}:$(spwd 
"$PWD")${_prompt_close} '
        fi
        
        PS2='> '
        PUBLIC PS1 PS2
        ########
        #setup TTY settings

(My 'PUBLIC's are short for:

alias PUB_CONST="typeset -xr"
alias PUBLIC="typeset -x"     ##aka EXPORT