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Re: 4.4-rc1: readline wrapping error when prompt wraps around
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 4.4-rc1: readline wrapping error when prompt wraps around |
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Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:27:00 -0400 |
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On 3/26/16 6:08 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> When $PS1 contains \[ \] and is longer than the line length then
> readline miscounts the wrap coloumn. For example, set PS1 like this:
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> PS1="\[$(tput bold)\]$(printf '%*s' $(stty size | awk '{print$2}') x)\[$(tput
> sgr0)\] "
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> This causes readline to wrap the input too early by the amount of hidden
> characters inside \[ \].
Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the bash-4.4 release.
Chet
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