On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 05:23:27AM EDT, Bernd Eggink wrote: > Chris Jones schrieb: >> ... > > After retrieving a command >> from the history via a CTRL-R, an ensuing CTRL-A moves the cursor to >> somewhere in the middle of the prompt and CTRL-E is short of the >> retrieved command's end by some ten characters. >> ... > >> PS1="\[\033[0;41m\][\$(date +%T)]...@\h:\w]\\$\[\033[0m\] " > > This works correctly with bash 4.0.24.
I guess I need to check the NEWS file of this version to see if there are any fixes that might have addressed this issue since 3.2.29. CJ