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Subject: | RE: bash & $PS1 (display error) |
Date: | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:37:55 -0500 |
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From: | "Rolf Campbell" <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com> |
To: | <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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My prompt is (from the script below) "PS1='$PWD> '". All of the characters are 'printable' and none are \[\] enclosed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz AT cris DOT com] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:01 PM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: bash & $PS1 (display error) > > > Rolf, > > Assuming some of your prompt is non-printing (escape > sequences) offset > those non-printing portions with \[backslash-escaped square > brackets\]. > That tells BASH (and / or the readline library it > incorporates) not to > count those portions for the purpose of wrapping the > displayed input lines. > > > Randall Schulz > > > At 19:41 2003-01-31, Rolf Campbell wrote: > >I've noticed several display problems with bash and prompts. > Here's an > >easy way to recreate one of them: > > > >(I've marked the lines to alleviate the wrapping problem) > > > >#line 1 > >PS1='$PWD> ' > >#line2 > >mkdir -p > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/ > tmp/tmp/tm > >p > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp > >#line3 > >cd > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/ > tmp/tmp/tmp > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp > > > >When I run this (whether it be in rxvt or in the NT console) I get a > >prompt that looks like this: > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/ > tmp/tmp/tm > >p > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp(#1) > >/tmp(#2) > >/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp/tmp> > > > >I've marked the original new-lines. (#1) in a correct wrap that > >occurred at the edge of my display. (#2) is an incorrect wrap that > >happens for no obvious reason. > > > >This only seems to happen if the path is wider than the display. > > > >-Rolf Campbell > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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