From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15561 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2005 23:47:49 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Aug 2005 23:47:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 79644 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2005 23:47:42 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2005 23:47:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 28339 invoked by alias); 17 Aug 2005 23:47:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21656 Received: (qmail 28330 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2005 23:47:39 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2005 23:47:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 79473 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2005 23:47:39 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2005 23:47:30 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 565BC7C08C; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:45:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:45:57 -0400 From: Clint Adams To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Cc: "Steinar H. Gunderson" , 323486-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#323486: zsh-beta: sometimes repeats part of the command, followed by a black-on-white hash mark Message-ID: <20050817234557.GA3734@scowler.net> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, "Steinar H. Gunderson" , 323486-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 > I recently installed zsh-beta to be able to use the new UTF-8 support > (thanks!) and noticed an oddity I've never seen before. Sometimes, when > I ssh into my machine (with zsh-beta as the shell, with the 8-bit option > on), and it takes a bit of time, I manage to type parts of the next > command before I get the shell. In some of these cases, zsh seems to > echo back the command (white on black as usual) followed by an inverted > (ie. black on white) hash mark, then gives me the prompt and the full > command (as it should). > > A picture speaks a thousand words: > > http://home.samfundet.no/~sesse/zsh-oddity.png > > Note that I was writing “true” after the password, while it was still > logging in. This is not reproducible all of the time, but I can usually > do it on three or four attempts. [...] > In the meantime, I found the simplest way of reproducing it. "echo -n foo" > and you will see the problem (at least I do, every time). I can definitely reproduce it with "echo -n foo"