From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7408 invoked from network); 14 Nov 1997 11:03:38 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 Nov 1997 11:03:38 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA20063; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 05:55:12 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 05:55:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711141055.LAA06827@hydra.ifh.de> To: Radu Duta , zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: possible bug with command line when doing echo -n In-reply-to: "Radu Duta"'s message of "Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:51:01 MET." <19971114115101.59660@xtra.co.nz> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:55:08 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"K6PHJ2.0.Nv4.Fu2Rq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3612 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Radu Duta wrote: > I'm running 304 (tried 305 as well). The problem I'm encountering is when > I do things like "echo -n hello", I get nothing. When the string is longer > I can see it pop up and the is erased by the prompt. I tried changing > my prompt to nothing, but no luck. There's an option 'nopromptcr' you can set. That should do the trick --- except if you try and edit the line the shell doesn't know there's anything else there and can get confused, but if you want to do two things with the same line you're stuck with that. -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +49 33762 77366 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77413 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen DESY-IfH, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany.