> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 10 > Release Status: release > > Description: > When I type a long string of text and start pressing ctrl-W to > backwards-kill words, bash deletes the words but doesn't visually refresh > (the words still appear on the command line). This was not occurring for me > in the 3.x series of Bash. > > Repeat-By: > Write this text on the command line: "sample text sample text sample > text sample text sample text". Start pressing ctrl-W and notice it takes a > few kill-words before the words start disappearing.
If, as seems likely, this is a problem with the calculation of the physical cursor position, a good place to start would be your PS1 and PROMPT_COMMAND (if any). The locale you're using would be good, too. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/