On Sun 02 Aug 2020 at 17:34:07 (+0200), Esteban L wrote: > > I use terminal window/bash quite a bit, and have a quirky behavior on > Debian, at least not on Mac OS terminal window. I think it's just a > default issue, that can be altered -- as I had the exact same problem > years ago -- that I was able to resolve, which I again turns up. I > forgot the solution, since it was so simple. > > The question is hard for me to formulate, so I will just describe > everything, and maybe someone can help? > > What happens: > > I use terminal (in a game or even with ping for simplicity): > > I can type into the terminal. > > I can backspace - as expected. > > However, if i receive new data - my typed text is still in the buffer, > but is not "echo'd" to a new line. This is more or less OK, UNLESS I > need to backspace and clear some text. I just can't tell how far I have > backspaced, since the line is not echoed. > > Maybe best description is: > > I am tying this senten > > <receive new input here from the terminal> > > ce, and it's fine...but i > > <receive new input> > > I backspace now, as I want to replace the above line "and it's fine" and > what comes after it to change it to "it's not fine" > > So, best description is, if i backspace upon receiving new data, I > cannot see the line that I was typing. > > Any Bash experts able to lend a hand? > > Last time I had this issue, I remember I had to go into .bashrc and > add/change something. I just don't know what it was.
Is it possible you've been using some facility like that described in https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/Flow-Control.html#Flow-Control Cheers, David.