zsh version and echo -n

zsh version and echo -n

[Chris Dean]

I'm a new user to zsh and was wondering what version I should be
using.  I am currently using zsh 2.5.03 on Solaris 2.4.  

Using this version, "echo -n foo" doesn't work as expected.  I
expected echo -n to print without a newline, instead nothing is
printed:

        zen% echo foo
        foo
        zen% echo -n foo
        zen% 

Is it worth moving to the current Beta?  Is it stable enough for every
day use?

Thanks,
Chris Dean

Re: zsh version and echo -n

[Zefram]

>Using this version, "echo -n foo" doesn't work as expected.  I
>expected echo -n to print without a newline, instead nothing is
>printed:
>
>        zen% echo foo
>        foo
>        zen% echo -n foo
>        zen% 

Try "setopt nopromptcr".  This is a feature, not a bug.  (Try "echo -n
foo; echo bar".);

>Is it worth moving to the current Beta?  Is it stable enough for every
>day use?

The latest beta, 2.6-beta13, has a couple of annoying display bugs in
ZLE, but it's stable.  It's more stable than 2.5.03.  You might want to
move to beta12.

-zefram

Re: zsh version and echo -n

[matthew s messner]

On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Chris Dean wrote:

> Using this version, "echo -n foo" doesn't work as expected.  I
> expected echo -n to print without a newline, instead nothing is
> printed:
> 
>         zen% echo foo
>         foo
>         zen% echo -n foo
>         zen% 
> 

i had this "problem" once before myself.  i believe it is your
prompt that is masking the output.  for example:

          Trout-871:~> echo -n foo                      p0 02/17/96 23:11
          Trout-872:~> echo -n foo; echo                p0 02/17/96 23:11
          foo
          Trout-873:~> echo -n foo; notacommand         p0 02/17/96 23:11
          foozsh: command not found: notacommand
          Trout-874:~> bob=`echo -n foo`                p0 02/17/96 23:11
          Trout-875:~> echo $bob                        p0 02/17/96 23:11
          foo
          Trout-876:~>

please pardon my excessive prompt.

sync'pely,
-s