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From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Suan Yong <suan AT cs DOT wisc DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: readline clash with bash/PS1 escapes
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:13:16 +0000
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> Hi,
> 
> After a recent cygwin update (including one just today), I'm seeing a bug
> in the readline completion that I finally tracked down to the control
> sequences in my PS1 for setting the title bar and coloring my prompt.  It
> looks like the '\[' and '\]' delimeters are screwing it up.  Here are the
> symptoms (~> is my prompt).

Known bug.  Search this list for other examples.  It has been reported
upstream, but so far, no one, including myself, has been able to
unravel readline enough to pinpoint the cause of the bug.  I'll add your
email to the list of tests to run to see if any potential display bug patch
does the right thing.

--
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin bash maintainer



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