Matt Zyzik wrote: > Try to follow these exact instructions. First, set your PS1 to the > above. It should result in a colored prompt. Second, type "asdf" so many > times that it goes passed the width of the terminal and the words begin > to appear on the next line. (Open xterm at its default width to do > this.) At that point, keep hitting either Alt-Bksp or Ctrl-W until you > see bash not refreshing properly.
OK, I figured out why I couldn't reproduce it. My locale is always set to en_US.UTF-8 (multibyte), and the problem only manifests itself when in non-multibyte mode. This is why I originally asked for your locale -- that was the missing piece. It should be pretty easy to fix. 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/
