GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Using ansi escape sequences in the prompt causes Bash to incorrectly calculate the available width of the terminal and messes-up the command prompt when a certain amount of characters are typed in.
For example type in a terminal the following: PS1='\e[1;33m\h\e[0m \$ ' in this prompt there are two escape sequences that should consume zero characters out of the available width of the command line. But they consume 11 characters in total (the first escape sequence 7 characters and the second 4). Now start typing characters in the command prompt. The command line will get messed-up 11 characters before reaching the end of the line. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
