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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:27:56 +0200
From: DervishD <zsh@dervishd.net>
To: Joel Kaasinen <joel.kaasinen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Zsh clears prompt line. Feature or bug?
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    Hi Joel :)

 * Joel Kaasinen <joel.kaasinen@gmail.com> dixit:
> I changed form bash to zsh some time ago and it's been a pleasure to
> use zsh. Except for one thing that irks me: Zsh clears the contents of
> the line the prompt gets printed on. An example:
> 
> % echo -n "foo"
> %
> 
> Bash handles this (IMO) more gracefully:
> 
> $ echo -n "foo"
> foo$
> 
> The question is: can I turn this off in zsh? Is it a feature or a bug?

    Feature. Try 'setopt nopromptcr'. I think this is in the FAQ.
Anyway I think this is, by far, the most asked question in this list
XDDDDD

    Hope that helps :)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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