>> The 'extra space in the prompt' bug is well known; see e.g. >> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg00325.html and >> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-04/msg00036.html. > > Status update: > The upstream maintainer has been alerted to this issue, and Thomas Dickey has > provided a more detailed evaluation of the problem: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2005-07/msg00112.html. There is > apparently some interaction between readline and ncurses insert mode, where > readline made some invalid assumptions about invisible characters. And the > code in readline/display.c is HAIRY - Hans' proposed hack that has been > posted > to this list is not a proper fix, just a workaround that hides the worst of > the > bug. > > I'm still working on getting a bash-3.0-8 ready for release (mainly for the > tilde-expansion bug and the missing .info file). If upstream provides a > patch > for the prompt bug in a timely manner, it will be included too.
Okay, thanks for working on this. The bug is mildly annoying, but after all mainly cosmetic. -- 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/
