prompt reprinting on SIGWINCH

prompt reprinting on SIGWINCH

[Clint Adams]

Is this really a bug?

----- Forwarded message from Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> -----

This bug occurs using rxvt and KDE2's 'konsole', so my guess is it
effects all X terminal emulators and zsh.

First, load and enable the new prompt system:

  autoload -U promptinit
  promptinit

Then switch to any prompt:

  prompt elite2

Then resize your rxvt window. You should something like this:

(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(nconway@metro)(111/pts)(09:36pm:05/17/01)-
(%:~)-

(Every time the size of the window is adjusted, another prompt is
printed).

Feel free to contact me for more info.

Cheers,

Neil

Re: prompt reprinting on SIGWINCH

[Bart Schaefer]

On May 25, 10:56am, Clint Adams wrote:
}
} Is this really a bug?
} 
} ----- Forwarded message from Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> -----
} 
} (Every time the size of the window is adjusted, another prompt is
} printed).


No, this is not really a bug.  It also has nothing to do with the themed
prompt system; the prompt is always reprinted whenever the window is
resized.  However, you can't *see* this happening unless the prompt has
a newline character in it (which most of the themed prompts happen to).

The prompt is reprinted because it might contain conditionals that depend
on the width of the terminal, or because there might be an RPS1 (right-
side prompt) that has to be repositioned.

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