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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: Multiline prompt problems with long commands
From:       Kamil Neczaj <kamil.neczaj () cern ! ch>
Date:       2014-11-13 8:45:58
Message-ID: CAEAhjR8Yq-dapP_j8EBOpmTLBd28uE4G3Kseyq2RQWR0L4rRtA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hello,

Thank you very much for the hint. It looks like all my problems with bash
disappeared.

Kamil

2014-11-04 20:01 GMT+00:00 Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>:

> Kamil Neczaj writes:
>
>> Thank you for your response! I modified this prompt couple of times,
>> probably that's why it's like this. Anyway, I don't think this should
>> cause
>> the problem. The PS1 variable is the one I use. I wanted to copy it here
>> to
>> have exactly the example which I know that causes problems for sure.
>>
>
> Why don't you think this could cause the problem? You're missing the zero
> width leader/terminator for that section, bash doesn't know how long your
> prompt is (and thus when to wrap) without it.
>
> Did you actually *try* the suggested fix before you replied?
>

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