[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 39
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       I have set PS1 var to this:
>       PS1='\[\033[01;[EMAIL PROTECTED];34m\] \w \[\e[1;33;40m\]$? 
> \$\[\033[00m\] '
>       according to bash manual, if I use character like \e[1;33;40m similar 
> that
>       doesn't occupy the width, use \[ and \] sequence to close them,
> 
>       But unfourtunalte, that seems not work.

Can you give an example of what doesn't work?  It seemed OK for the basic
stuff I tried on bash-3.2.48.

Chet
-- 
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    [EMAIL PROTECTED]    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/


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