X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:15:26 MDT To: Subject: $PS1 doesn't appear to work the same after version 1.7 From: Message-ID: X-Client-IP: 134.253.26.4 Reply-To: lynn AT swcp DOT com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com I use the following to setup my $PS1 bash prompt: PS1="\[\033]0;\w\007\033[32m\]\u@\h\[\033[36m \W\033[0m\]> " This attempts to emit the username AT hostname current_folder> (in color) This still works on my Linux and Solaris boxes. It used to work under Cygwin, but I believe that it began failing after the upgrade to 1.7. I am currently at 1.7.5-1. The problem arises when I use the keyboard up-arrow to scroll back to select a previous command. The position of the command is incorrect and overwrites the portions of the prompt. PS1="\u@\h \W> " continues to work as expected. There was a recent update effecting PS1 but it did not fix this problem. Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple