Andreas Schwab wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: powerpc > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='powerpc' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='powerpc-suse-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='suse' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O2 -g > uname output: Linux igel 2.6.30-rc3 #5 SMP Thu Apr 23 11:56:14 CEST 2009 > ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: powerpc-suse-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 17 > Release Status: release > > Description: > If the length of $PS1 exactly matches the screen width and it ends > in invisible characters the cursor is placed to far to the right > by the number of invisible characters. > > Repeat-By: > $ PS1="$(printf %80s .)\[\033[m\]"
Try the attached patch. It should fix the problem without introducing any regressions. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
*** ../bash-4.0-patched/lib/readline/display.c 2009-01-04 14:32:32.000000000 -0500 --- lib/readline/display.c 2009-04-25 21:42:18.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 1893,1896 **** --- 1895,1902 ---- woff = WRAP_OFFSET (_rl_last_v_pos, wrap_offset); cpos = _rl_last_c_pos; + + if (cpos == 0 && cpos == new) + return; + #if defined (HANDLE_MULTIBYTE) /* If we have multibyte characters, NEW is indexed by the buffer point in *************** *** 1906,1912 **** desired display position. */ if ((new > prompt_last_invisible) || /* XXX - don't use woff here */ ! (prompt_physical_chars > _rl_screenwidth && _rl_last_v_pos == prompt_last_screen_line && ! wrap_offset >= woff && new > (prompt_last_invisible-(_rl_screenwidth*_rl_last_v_pos)-wrap_offset))) /* XXX last comparison might need to be >= */ --- 1912,1918 ---- desired display position. */ if ((new > prompt_last_invisible) || /* XXX - don't use woff here */ ! (prompt_physical_chars >= _rl_screenwidth && _rl_last_v_pos == prompt_last_screen_line && ! wrap_offset >= woff && dpos >= woff && new > (prompt_last_invisible-(_rl_screenwidth*_rl_last_v_pos)-wrap_offset))) /* XXX last comparison might need to be >= */