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Re: Coloured prompt mangles long input lines
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yap_noel |
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Re: Coloured prompt mangles long input lines |
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Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:19:06 -0500 |
IIRC, you need to wrap the non-printed characters with \[ and \].
Noel
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long input lines
bug-bash-admi
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11/06/2001
07:51 AM
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' -DCONF_OSTYPE
='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I. -I.
-I./include -I./lib -I/usr/include -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686
uname output: Linux broucek.logix.cz 2.4.13-ac3 #2 Tue Nov 6 08:53:53 CET
2001 i586 unknown
Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 8
Release Status: release
Description:
When PS1 is set to produce coloured output via ANSI escape
sequences, then long lines (longer than screen width) are
wrapped and rewrite the prompt itself. It behaves like there be
'\r' at the end instead of '\n'
Repeat-By:
$ export PS1='\e[1;31m\w\e[0m\$ '
$ write looooooooong looooong line
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