Re: bash 4.4.18 return to new line

[Alexander Kozlenkov]

Ok. But I not understand, because my PS1 work well in bash-4.3.30 and
failed in bash-4.4.18.
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Best regards
Alexandr Kozlenkov

вс, 4 февр. 2018 г. в 18:34, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>:

> On 2/4/18 10:09 AM, Alexander Kozlenkov wrote:
> > I bracketed \[ and \] each prompt variables and simple symbols and line
> > break does work right.
> > Example:
> >> \[\e[1;32m\]\u\[\e[m\]\[\e[1;32m\]@\[\e[m\]\[\e[1;32m\]\h\[\e[m\]
> > But if I bracketed sequences some symbols, line break does not work .
> > Example:
> >>  \[\e[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\]
>
> You need to identify non-printing sequences so readline knows the visible
> length of the prompt and can accurately calculate the cursor position.
>
>
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> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
>