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From: aarons@execpc.com (Aaron Schrab)
To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (zsh users mailing list)
Subject: Re: problem with bold prompt
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:14:01 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970130181401.PO21037@execpc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199701302313.SAA12620@rom.oit.gatech.edu>; from Will Day on Jan 30, 1997 18:13:25 -0500

On 30 Jan 1997, willday@rom.oit.gatech.edu (Will Day) wrote:
> This is a problem I've been fighting with for a long time, and which I only
> recently began to grasp, when it got worse after I upgraded from 2.5.03 to
> 3.0.2. :) 
> 
> My prompt is defined as:
> 	export PS1="^[[1m${HOSTNAME}:^[[m%d) "
> so that it appears as:
> 	rom:/home/willday)
> where the "rom" is bold.
> 
> It looks like zsh is counting the formatting characters as printable
> characters on the command-line.  Under 2.5.03, this would screw up
> command-recall, and ctrl-U line clearing.  

Put the formatting characters inside %{ %} pairs:
  export PS1="%{^[[1m%}${HOSTNAME}:%{^[[mi%}%d) "
this tells zsh not to count them.
-- 
Aaron Schrab    <mailto:aarons@execpc.com>    <http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/>
Exec-PC Internet Systems Administration <mailto:info@execpc.com> for auto info


  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-01-31  0:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-01-30 23:13 Will Day
1997-01-31  0:08 ` Zefram
1997-01-31  0:14 ` Aaron Schrab [this message]
1997-01-31  4:23 ` Vidiot

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