On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 03:16:54PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > I've updated the version of bash to 2.05b-12. > > > > This bash now uses the new capabilities and therefore requires > > Cygwin 1.5.3 ff. > > > > The package now adheres to the filesystem hirarchy standard (FHS). > > Corinna, > > There is a minor problem with the latest bash: it duplicates the last > literal character of the prompt or the last character of the entered > command upon redraw. To duplicate, "export PS1='\[\033[32m\033[0m\]$'" > (you should see the prompt as '$$'), then enter any word and press ^L to > redraw (you should see the last character of that word duplicated, and > the prompt becomes '$'). If the last character of the prompt is not a > literal character (e.g., if you append '\[\]' to PS1) the last prompt > character duplication problem goes away, but the last character of the > command is still duplicated upon redraw. > > I'm hoping it's something simple. If you don't know right away what the > problem is, or can't replicate it, let me know and I'll provide more > debugging info. I'm using cygwin-1.5.3-1 and bash-2.05b-12. > Igor
I think I know what the problem is. It has something to do with the usage of wcwidth. I don't know how to solve this so the only thing I can do is to create a new bash which doesn't use wide character functions. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
