Hmm, interesting. I thought that using "env | grep PROM" would show
PROMPT_COMMAND's value, but I guess not. Yes, I do have PROMPT_COMMAND
set, it appears. However, if I unset it (and even also 'export PS1="foo
"' to set PS1 to a simple string), the problem remains.
How best to debug this? tcsh and sh do not exhibit the problem, and it
only seems to happen on Gentoo/FreeBSD (not Linux).
-Joe
Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Giraud wrote:
>> The following prompt is set in my .bashrc (but the same behavior
>> happens if I do not set it or set it to a simple string, so I
>> don't think this matters):
>>
>> PS1="\[\033[33m\]\h-\u\[\033[36m\] [\w] (\!)\[\033[00m\] "
>>
>> PROMPT_COMMAND is not set.
>
> Look at your typescript with vim. You'll see this gets printed:
>
> ^[]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~^G^[[?1034h
>
> before your prompt is printed:
>
> ^[[33mcrater-joe^[[36m [~] (500)^[[00m
>
> Where is that first string coming from if not from PROMPT_COMMAND?
> It looks suspiciously similar to what Gentoo sets as prompt command
> in /etc/bash/bashrc. :) Except for this "^[[?1034h" at the end.
> Where is that coming from? It does strange things with the width of
> the terminal when I add it here to PS1. So when you get rid of it,
> things might work correctly again.
>
> Benno
>
>
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