On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 06:10:48AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Alex Goldman on 7/21/2005 3:00 AM: > > Here's an example (I tried this in the original DOS/Cygwin terminal > > and in Rxvt) : > > > > 1. type "grep" in the command line, but don't hit Enter > > 2. hit Tab quickly several times (two is often enough) > > > > The line now becomes "grepp", even though there are no "grepp*" in PATH. > > > > (Hitting Enter invokes "grep" - single 'p') > > This sounds related to the buggy prompt display code. There is a known > issue in readline where some (but not all) prompts cause display problems, > because the display engine isn't properly accounting for invisible > characters in the string, and I am awaiting a patch from the upstream > maintainer. In the meantime, I was unable to reproduce the symptoms; > could you please let me know what your $PS1 variable is?
I have also been having this problem for the last month or so. My PS1 is a long nasty one: \[\e]2;[EMAIL PROTECTED] \w\a\e[32m\]\u\[\e[34;[EMAIL PROTECTED];1m\]:\[\e[0m\e[33m\]\W\[\e[34;1m\]>\[\e[0m\] Regards Lars Munch -- 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/
