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Re: Offset error (when using PS1 with colors and newline)
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Offset error (when using PS1 with colors and newline) |
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Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:13:34 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
dAniel hAhler <ubuntu@thequod.de> writes:
> 1. Set PS1="\033[01;37m[ \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]
> \033[01;37m]\n\$\033[00m "
You need to bracket _every_ nonprinting sequence of characters with \[\].
Andreas.
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