On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 5:46 AM Алексей Шилин <rootl...@mail.ru> wrote:
> В Пн, 25/11/2019 в 18:29 -0800, L A Walsh пишет:
> > Multi-byte or not, invisible characters need to be enclosed
> > as documented under 'PROMPTING':
> >
> > \[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could
> > be used to embed a terminal control sequence into the
> > prompt
> > \] end a sequence of non-printing characters
> >
>
> I know that.
>
> And they *are* enclosed: PS1='\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot...
> ^~ ^~
>
> As expected, they are not being printed -- but for some reason lead to
> the described issue.
>
>
You have printable characters enclosed. For example, \u. _Each_ sequence of
unprintable characters needs to be separately enclosed _without_ enclosing
the printable ones.
The first part of your prompt is what needs to be corrected. The latter
part after "debian_chroot" is correct.
>
