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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:44:45 +0000
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Subject: Re: text cursor is not being positioned
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John Lewis:
> My apologies for
> the new e-mail, I have subscribed to the mail list so that I can reply
> properly in the future.

Great, much better without the privacy guff.

> This is a fresh install, with no modifications (I haven't even run mkpass=
wd
> yet).
>
> I start bash with the desktop icon created during the installation, the b=
at
> file has not been modified, it does a cd to the \bin then "bash --login -=
i".
> The .bashrc files are untouched and contain only comments.
>
> Bash is definitely Cygwin version, I have no other. I mentioned less and =
vim
> only to show the scope of the problem, I expect they'll work correctly on=
ce
> the backspace issue is fixed.
>
> Here is my PS1 prompt:
>
> \[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$
>
> I tried changing the PS1 prompt to 'x' but this didn't change the behavio=
ur.
>
> I've run "cygcheck -k", all keystrokes are seen and seem to have correct
> values (backspace gives VK:0x08 VS: 0x0e A: 0x08)
>
> and also "cygcheck -s -v -r", see attached.

Thanks. I can't spot anything wrong there. Could you also post the
output of 'stty -a'?

Another thing to try: install the 'mintty' terminal (by rerunning
setup.exe and selecting it in the 'Shells' category) and run it from
the entry created in the Cygwin start menu folder. That might show
whether it's an issue with bash or the console.


> I think this is a clue. I did this: "cat - > fred". The keyboard functions
> correctly.
> ! !
> =C2=A0O
> Backspace works, ctrl-U clears the line, no erased characters are in the
> file. Even the up arrow moves the cursor up a line. When used without
> redirection the echoed lines are correct.

Does it still misbehave in bash after the cat?

Andy

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