OK, from the responses I got (and the code I looked at) I gather that my initial hunch has a good chance of being correct: this is not a Cygwin-specific problem and is likely to be located in the readline library.
I'll be wrapping up an experimental version of Bash for the interested to try out which will not use readline, but will use curses instead. If that works, I'll conclude that my hunch is correct and will try to debug readline.. That'll be tomorow, though.. rlc -- Cleanliness is next to impossible. Jail: Just Another Interpreted Language Just: Jail Uses Silly Terms Join the discussion on the definition of this language at [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jail-ust.sourceforge.net (send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/