On 11/9/15 7:53 PM, Dennis Williamson wrote:
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> With editing off, I find that I must delimit variables with braces. Without
> the braces, only the second escape sequence is output. The \] isn't
> terminating the variable name when editing is off.
When line editing isn't enabled, the \[ and \] escapes have no meaning,
so they're removed. In the example you give, removing them results in
the variable name including `Hello'. If this is a problem for your prompt,
you should delimit variable names with braces.
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