> I recently installed zsh-beta to be able to use the new UTF-8 support > (thanks!) and noticed an oddity I've never seen before. Sometimes, when > I ssh into my machine (with zsh-beta as the shell, with the 8-bit option > on), and it takes a bit of time, I manage to type parts of the next > command before I get the shell. In some of these cases, zsh seems to > echo back the command (white on black as usual) followed by an inverted > (ie. black on white) hash mark, then gives me the prompt and the full > command (as it should). > > A picture speaks a thousand words: > > http://home.samfundet.no/~sesse/zsh-oddity.png > > Note that I was writing “true” after the password, while it was still > logging in. This is not reproducible all of the time, but I can usually > do it on three or four attempts.
[...] > In the meantime, I found the simplest way of reproducing it. "echo -n foo" > and you will see the problem (at least I do, every time). I can definitely reproduce it with "echo -n foo"