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

[Linda Walsh]

BTW, thanks much for an overlooked, and elegant solution!


Bob Proulx wrote:
> Linda Walsh wrote:
> > there some easy way to tell bash either to not keep track of what
> > it thinks is the screen width (and just allow it to wrap, if that's
> > possible), or to reset bash's idea of where it thinks it is on the
> > line?
> The bash manual says: 
> PROMPTING
> \[  begin  a sequence of non-printing characters, which could be 
>     used to embed a terminal  control  sequence  into  the prompt
> \]  end a sequence of non-printing characters
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