2010/10/31 Lluís Batlle i Rossell <virik...@gmail.com> > Hello, > > I don't think this problem is related to any recent bash version only. I've > seen > this since years I think. > > Nevertheless I'm using GNU bash, version 4.0.17(1)-release > (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) now. > > My PS1 uses the "Change window title" sequence, to set the xterm window > title to > something close to the prompt text. Hence my PS1 is: > > PS1='\[\033]2;\h:\u:\w\007\]\n\[\033[1;31m\]...@\h:\w]\$\[\033[0m\] ' > > The ESC ] 2;.....BEL command, which has \h, \u and \w sequences in the > middle, > has problems on the length of the printable part of the prompt, as those > usual > when typing terminal control sequences without \[ \]. With the difference > that I > typed all the \[ \]. > > May bash be having trouble, if it finds any of its own special backslash > characters (\h, \u, \w) in the middle of a non-printable sequence marked > with \[ > and \] ? >
My understanding is that chars enclosed between \[ and \] are considered by Bash to be of zero-length. > > Regards, > Lluís. > >
