http://bugs.grommit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438
Summary: RFE: Need workaround for "multiline" editor mode issue
Product: ksh93-integration
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: Solaris 11/Nevada
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P3
Component: Other
AssignedTo: ksh93-integration-discuss at opensolaris.org
ReportedBy: roland.mainz at nrubsig.org
CC: roland.mainz at nrubsig.org, april.chin at sun.com,
mike.kupfer at sun.com
RFE: We need a workaround for a problem with the "multiline" editor mode which
happens when the edit line becomes longer than the terminal's width and the
terminal cursor is not at position 0 when PS1 is send to the terminal.
For example: The user executes a $ printf "foo"<enter> # the prompt will start
at position 3 instead of 0. If the user enters a command which is longer than
the terminal width and then removes enougth charcters that the edit line fits
again into one line the "foo" at the beginning will be overwritten with the
prompt.
AFAIK a simple workaround is to add $(printf "%*s\r%s" COLUMNS "") at the
beginning of PS1, this causes the shell to move to the beginning of the next
line if the terminal cursor is not at position 0.
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