Re: PS0 issue with escape sequence

[Benoît Dejean]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:12:24PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 9/16/16 9:25 PM, Ben wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > using bash-4.4, setting PS0 to '\[\033[1;36m\]started at
> > \t\[\033[0m\]\n' makes it output PS0 with a non-printable \x01\x02
> > prefix and suffix.
> 
> Yes, those are the expansions of the \[ and \] escape sequences.  Since
> $PS0 is not being passed to readline for display, you probably don't need
> to include those escape sequences at all.

Would you consider enabling it ? The usage is obvious: display time of
start and end of a command, with a different color/etc.

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Benoît Dejean