On 2022/03/20 02:20, Michaelll Lee wrote:
When ``PS1’’ environment variable contains the ANSI escape codes, Bash will
behavior unexpectedly when Copy&Paste the content from clipboard using
Ctrl+V. This unexpected behaviour could be easily reproduced in a few steps.
Reproduceable steps are:
1) $
On Mar 21, 2022, 9:39 PM Dennis Williamson
wrote:
>
> Note that the difference you see in Bash 5 is due to new paste behavior.
>From the perspective from users, would be more appropriate to see a hint
for this new kind of behavior in man page/manual. Anyway, thanks for the
clarification.
On Mo
On Mar 21, 2022, 9:47 PM Chet Ramey wrote:
> Unless told otherwise, it assumes that every character it outputs contributes
> to that physical cursor position.
Thank you Sir, for pointing out this clearly, and now I think my
previous thoughts would be my misunderstanding.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at
On 3/21/22 5:00 AM, Michaelll Lee wrote:
While using non-printing characters without "\[...\]" proves to be fine in
versions prior to 5.x.x (e.g., many suggestions from some online forums
have suggested "PS1=\e[0m" for using ANSI escape code in the prompt), the
same configuration in 5.x.x is not
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 4:01 AM Michaelll Lee wrote:
> . . .
> While using non-printing characters without "\[...\]" proves to be fine in
> versions prior to 5.x.x (e.g., many suggestions from some online forums
> have suggested "PS1=\e[0m" for using ANSI escape code in the prompt), the
> same co
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 05:00:29PM +0800, Michaelll Lee wrote:
> By the way, apparently the content about "non-printing characters" in that
> man page has not been modified across the several versions of Bash, for
> example in my machine, "3.2.57(1)-release" and "5.1.0(1)-release" share
> nearly t
@Andreas
Have it solved by following that manual page and using "\[ ... \]"
combination. Thanks for the hint!
By the way, apparently the content about "non-printing characters" in that
man page has not been modified across the several versions of Bash, for
example in my machine, "3.2.57(1)-releas
On Mär 20 2022, Michaelll Lee wrote:
> 1) $ PS1='---Test \\ \e[0m ---\\$ '
Read the manual about non-printing characters in the prompt.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html
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