From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6425 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 10:09:58 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 10:09:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 87684 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 10:09:52 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 10:09:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 9543 invoked by alias); 8 Apr 2005 10:09:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21118 Received: (qmail 9534 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 10:09:49 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 10:09:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 87442 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 10:09:48 -0000 Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.48) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 10:09:38 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IEM004RKHJVH5H0@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:09:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j38A9S5R018485 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 03:09:28 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j38A9Su2018484 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 03:09:28 -0700 Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:09:27 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Zsh clears prompt line. Feature or bug? In-reply-to: <4374.1112949824@trentino.groupinfra.com> To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050408100927.ZM18483@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <1dc4e3890504061159601fb049@mail.gmail.com> <20050407172756.GA16416@DervishD> <1dc4e38905040711017a63b0ba@mail.gmail.com> <20050407181536.GD16712@DervishD> <1050407225513.ZM17729@candle.brasslantern.com> <4374.1112949824@trentino.groupinfra.com> Comments: In reply to Oliver Kiddle "Re: Zsh clears prompt line. Feature or bug?" (Apr 8, 10:43am) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On Apr 8, 10:43am, Oliver Kiddle wrote: } Subject: Re: Zsh clears prompt line. Feature or bug? } } precmd() { print -n "${(l.$COLUMNS.)}\e7${(l.$COLUMNS..\b.)}\e8\015" } } } That's 80 spaces, save cursor position, 80 backspaces, restore cursor. Doesn't work for me. For one thing, I have to use ${(l.COLUMNS+COLUMNS..\b.)} to get the cursor back to where it started, because "\b" counts as 2 characters in (l.80..\b.) so that only prints 40 of them. I don't know what you did differently to get \b to be a backspace *before* it was sized. Maybe you have a cut'n'paste-o and it should be ${(pl.COLUMNS..\b.)} ? And even then, my backspaces aren't destructive, so I can still select the spaces that were printed. The following works, but only if I have "enable reverse wraparound" on, lack of which state I don't (yet) know how to detect: print -P "${(l.COLUMNS.. .)}${(pl.COLUMNS..\b.)}%E" } The \015 is not part of it: that resets the font. Huh? $'\015' is just $'\r', isn't it?