[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 -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/