From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5139 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2006 15:58:32 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Feb 2006 15:58:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 59572 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2006 15:58:24 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Feb 2006 15:58:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 17421 invoked by alias); 2 Feb 2006 15:58:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 22185 Received: (qmail 17401 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2006 15:58:20 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Feb 2006 15:58:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 59265 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2006 15:58:20 -0000 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.46) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Feb 2006 15:58:19 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([71.116.81.225]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IU2008MIHP5S8G4@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:58:18 -0600 (CST) 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 k12FwHx3011507 for ; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:58:17 -0800 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id k12FwHsX011506 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:58:17 -0800 Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:58:16 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: [4.3 CVS] funny output with multibyte In-reply-to: <43E1FDDC.3020306@math.technion.ac.il> To: Zsh hackers list Message-id: <1060202155816.ZM11505@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <19c433eb0602020108k51d5a9abscece73c96079bec5@mail.gmail.com> <43E1FDDC.3020306@math.technion.ac.il> Comments: In reply to "Zvi Har'El" "Re: [4.3 CVS] funny output with multibyte" (Feb 2, 2:41pm) On Feb 2, 2:41pm, Zvi Har'El wrote: } } The explanation explains everything, except the percent sign. BTW, } In my case, I see a reverse-video percent sign printed. What does it } mean? It means "this was the end of the output before the prompt was printed." It's so that you can tell it was the shell that took over at that point, rather than that some other process output something it wasn't meant to.