[SOLVED] bash prompt won't wrap properly

On 2007-04-16, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-04-15, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I encountered the same problem and I solved it adding \]\n[\ in my PS1. >> >> my PS1: >> >> PS1="${magenta}[\[$TIME\] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> \[${BLUE}\]\#\[$NC\]]\w\$ " >> >> hth. > > >

Re: bash prompt won't wrap properly

On 2007-04-15, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I encountered the same problem and I solved it adding \]\n[\ in my PS1. > > my PS1: > > PS1="${magenta}[\[$TIME\] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \[${BLUE}\]\#\[$NC\]]\w\$ " > > hth. That's interesting. If I put the \n at the end of my prompt it works

Re: bash prompt won't wrap properly

On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 09:15:52PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: From: Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: bash prompt won't wrap properly X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No,

bash prompt won't wrap properly

Hi, I've modified my bash prompt to display the number of minutes of battery time left. I use the following code in my .bashrc: ## alias bt="acpi | awk '{print \$5}' | awk -F : '{print \$1*60 + \$2}'" # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color) case "$TERM" in xterm