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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 06:10:48 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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To: Alex Goldman <alex DOT gman AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: buggy tab-expansion
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According to Alex Goldman on 7/21/2005 3:00 AM:
> Here's an example (I tried this in the original DOS/Cygwin terminal
> and in Rxvt) :
> 
> 1. type "grep" in the command line, but don't hit Enter
> 2. hit Tab quickly several times (two is often enough)
> 
> The line now becomes "grepp", even though there are no "grepp*" in PATH. 
> 
> (Hitting Enter invokes "grep" - single 'p')

This sounds related to the buggy prompt display code.  There is a known
issue in readline where some (but not all) prompts cause display problems,
because the display engine isn't properly accounting for invisible
characters in the string, and I am awaiting a patch from the upstream
maintainer.  In the meantime, I was unable to reproduce the symptoms;
could you please let me know what your $PS1 variable is?

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
volunteer cygwin bash maintainer
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