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Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:19:50 -0700
From:	Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: bash 3.0-7 bug - prompt length with non-printing characters
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Max Bowsher wrote:

> I have a prompt ($PS1) which includes non-printing characters. They are
> enclosed with \[ .... \] so that bash knows not to count them in discovering
> the length of the prompt in order to position the cursor correctly.

Yes, this has already been reported. 
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00259.html>

Brian

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