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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:46:11 -0800
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On 2009-02-14, przytula_guy wrote:
> I just installed latest version of cygwin on windows/xp on new machine
> copied an existing profile from another machine but with problems
> set -o vi : the -i option is not accepted
> whenever changing PS1, the cursor is positioned to the left and over writing
> the prompt
> although from command line all commands are accepted : set -o vi no problem
> same for PS1 
> any idea about this ?

I think your "profile" (~/.profile?) has DOS line endings.  Execute
d2u on that file and see if that fixes the problem.

HTH,
Gary



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