On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 06:21:23PM +0000, Daniel Hannon wrote: > I am running Arch Linux > > Locale is as follows > > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory > LANG=en_IE.UTF-8 > LC_CTYPE="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE=C > LC_MONETARY="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_PAPER="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_NAME="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_ADDRESS="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_TELEPHONE="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_IE.UTF-8" > LC_ALL= > > enclosed is a video in which it is replicated > ________________________________ > From: Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> > Sent: Monday 14 October 2019 13:53 > To: Daniel Hannon <dan...@live.ie> > Cc: bug-bash@gnu.org <bug-bash@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: Bug in Bash Version 5.0.11(1)-release > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 10:39:41AM +0000, Daniel Hannon wrote: > > the use of the "…" character results in the ability to delete the bash > > prompt string using backspace > > I can't reproduce this. > > wooledg:~$ bash > wooledg:~$ PS1='…\h:\w\$ ' > …wooledg:~$ echo "$BASH_VERSION" > 5.0.3(1)-release > …wooledg:~$ > > Hitting the backspace key repeatedly does nothing (as expected). > > What operating system are you on, and what is the output of "locale"?
He sent this to me off-list. I'm not forwarding the video. I'm not even going to open it. Looks like you've managed to create a messed-up locale situation, in which you've mixed some UTF-8 encoding variables with one plain "C", and some or all of your variables are not recognized by your operating system. If you unset LC_COLLATE, does the problem go away? Not sure if it's sufficient to unset it in a shell and then try the prompt within that same shell, or if you need to unset it, then run "bash" to get a new shell without it... I'd try both ways. I would definitely look to get rid of those three error lines, because that can't be good. Not sure whether they're immediately related to your prompt-backspace issue, but they're not something I would be comfortable living with permanently. You might need to ask an Arch Linux group for assistance, if you can't figure it out on your own.
