Re: Text won't display at prompt without newline

2002-12-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:17:52PM -0500, Ade Olonoh wrote: > I ran into some odd behavior which if I remember right I didn't see > before RH8. From an X terminal like xterm, konsole, or gnome-terminal, > if I use a command that prints text w/out a newline I won't see the > resulting text. This

Re: Text won't display at prompt without newline

2002-12-02 Thread Ade Olonoh
> Hmm. You're sure the (Redhat default) bash shell prompt isn't eating > things. As I recall it commences with a carriage return, which neatly > makes the prompt mangle your un-newlined string. Really rude in my > opinion. > > Try setting PS1 to something really simple like this: > > expo

Re: Text won't display at prompt without newline

2002-12-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 20:17 02 Dec 2002, Ade Olonoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I ran into some odd behavior which if I remember right I didn't see | before RH8. From an X terminal like xterm, konsole, or gnome-terminal, | if I use a command that prints text w/out a newline I won't see the | resulting text. The fol