At 10:15 2003-02-01, Rolf Campbell wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bash & $PS1 (display error) > > > At 20:37 2003-01-31, Rolf Campbell wrote: > >My prompt is (from the script below) "PS1='$PWD> '". All of the > >characters are 'printable' and none are \[\] enclosed. > > Rolf, > Is 'printable' different than plain old printable?No. > Anyway, I can repeat this (and other concomitant artifacts, too). > > It looks like a bug. > > I like current directory feedback, too, but I hate it in the prompt. > Putting it in the window title bar is nice, however. If you like that > idea, try this or something similar: > > PS1=$'\[\e]0; \u :: \W (\w)\a\]\!> ' I tried just setting my prompt to some long static string (200 a's), and it produced the same result. This problem has nothing to do with printing a path in a prompt.
Rolf,
That's hardly surprising. I assumed you encountered the problem because you were working in a deeply nested directory with a very long absolute name. To me, even modest-length directory names are intrusive when included in the shell prompt, which is why I offered my alternative. Do you just want to have an incredibly long prompt?
Randall Schulz
-Rolf
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