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Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 19:38:17 +0100
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Subject: Re: $PS1 doesn't appear to work the same after version 1.7
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
To: lynn AT swcp DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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lynn wrote:
> I use the following to setup my $PS1 bash prompt:
>
> PS1=3D"\[\033]0;\w\007\033[32m\]\u@\h\[\033[36m \W\033[0m\]> "
>
> This attempts to emit the username AT hostname current_folder> =C2=A0(in col=
or)

You've got the \W and the space before it inside \[...\] which tells
readline not to count it towards the length of the prompt. Confusion
ensues.

Andy

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