From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Budi <budikusasi@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Zsh can't do "echo -n" preceding vared <variable>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:53:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7a0ibiHN+dGA938U4oiNodQowaiqobpa4uJf6MvewKSZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH0GyZD84HKsbE086ETnPC5FYOgjbNHMKKmBQcEJ1n6HOsQ2Kg@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:45 AM Budi <budikusasi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How come Zsh can't perform echo -n that precedes vared <variable>, as
> output is only the vared variable's content preceded by none ?
ZLE (invoked by vared) wants to know exactly where the cursor is
positioned on the first line, so it returns to the leftmost column on
startup.
Instead of
echo -n "Stuff here"
vared var
You should be using
vared -p "Stuff here" var
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-17 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-17 14:45 Budi
2023-08-17 14:53 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2023-08-17 15:13 ` Peter Stephenson
2023-08-17 15:20 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-08-17 23:00 ` Budi
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