Re: man pdksh, I don't understand this - [ was: how to make colour prompts for pdksh ]

2006. July 27. 00:40, LeVA: Here I will post a solution and an explanation which was provided by Brian T. Brunner in a private mail conversation. - START OF QUOTE - > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > "... Note that since the command line editors try to figure out > > > how > > > long the prompt is (s

man pdksh, I don't understand this - [ was: how to make colour prompts for pdksh ]

Hi! "... Note that since the command line editors try to figure out how long the prompt is (so they know how far it is to edge of the screen), escape codes in the prompt tend to mess things up. ..." Okay, I get it, I'm using escape codes, so I need the following hack. "... You can tell the