Re: unprintable characters in PS1 different on 5.0.3 vs. 5.0.18?

[n952162]

On 2/7/21 6:04 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 2/7/21 11:51 AM, n952162 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use this string as my prompt:
> >
> >    $?${boldon}$UCODE\w${boldoff}>
> >
> > where boldon and boldoff are gotten from "tput smso" and "tput rmso".
> > Works fine on my x86_64 boxes at 5.0.18(1) but on my raspberry-pi, at
> > 5.0.3(1), I need to use \[ and \].
>
> You always need to use \[and \] to delimit sequences of non-printable
> characters. If it worked without them, you were lucky.
ok, thank you.