Greetings, Gene Pavlovsky!
> # PS1='\e[1;30m\D{%T}\e[m$(test \j -ne 0 && echo "\e[1;37mj:\j\e[m")${STY:+
> \e[1;32m${STY%%.*}\e[m} \e[1;33m\w\e[m\n# '
> 14:32:22 /usr/local/bin
> # set -o igncr
> bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
> bash: command substituti
Re-posting a reply I got from Henri (aka Houder) hou...@xs4all.nl
His letter follows:
Hi Gene,
Reread your entry to the mailing list ...
> Apparently the latest bash in Cygwin modified the read builtin to use
> Cygwin-specific shell option igncr to control ignoring \r characters
> in the input (
On 08/28/2016 03:20 PM, Gene Pavlovsky wrote:
> Re-posting a reply I got from Henri (aka Houder) hou...@xs4all.nl
> His letter follows:
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> Reread your entry to the mailing list ...
>
>> Apparently the latest bash in Cygwin modified the read builtin to use
>> Cygwin-specific shell o
Greetings, Eric Blake!
> But it seems like \n handling in PS1 is independent of any change in
> handing in the 'read' builtin. As evidence, I ran the following test
> using the older bash-4.3.42-4 build:
> $ bash-4.3.42-4
> $ set -o igncr
> $ PS1='$(date)\n# '
> bash: command substitution: line
On 2016-08-29 19:43, Eric Blake wrote:
On 08/28/2016 03:20 PM, Gene Pavlovsky wrote:
Re-posting a reply I got from Henri (aka Houder) hou...@xs4all.nl
His letter follows:
Hi Gene,
Reread your entry to the mailing list ...
Apparently the latest bash in Cygwin modified the read builtin to use
From: Andrey Repin
>
> Greetings, Eric Blake!
>
> > But it seems like \n handling in PS1 is independent of any change in
> > handing in the 'read' builtin. As evidence, I ran the following test
> > using the older bash-4.3.42-4 build:
>
> > $ bash-4.3.42-4
> > $ set -o igncr
> > $ PS1='$(date)
On 08/30/2016 02:49 AM, Houder wrote:
> ... uhm ... what about the explanation in the help?
>
> -o option-name
> Set the variable corresponding to option-name:
> ...
> igncron cygwin, ignore \r in line endings
>^^^
On 2016-08-30 15:34, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
[snip]
But, get this:
$ PS1='$(date)\n\$ '
Tue Aug 30 09:30:37 EDT 2016
$ set -o igncr
-bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token
`)'
-bash: command substitution: line 1: `date)'
$ PS1='`date`\n\$ '
Tue Aug 30 09:31:01
On 2016-08-30 15:40, Eric Blake wrote:
On 08/30/2016 02:49 AM, Houder wrote:
... uhm ... what about the explanation in the help?
-o option-name
Set the variable corresponding to option-name:
...
igncron cygwin, ignore \r in line endings
Dear Eric Blake,
I understand there were issues with read handling of \r. But is the
resulting solution/bugfix ideal? Or does it introduce new problems?
Basically, I don't want to set `igncr` as system-wide shell option
(e.g. through SHELLOPTS). I want to require scripts to use LF newlines
- if t
On 09/02/2016 06:52 AM, Gene Pavlovsky wrote:
> Dear Eric Blake,
>
> I understand there were issues with read handling of \r. But is the
> resulting solution/bugfix ideal?
Yes. The recent change to 'read' was a bugfix, and as far as I'm
concerned, it is the ideal fix (you get binary behavior by
On 2 September 2016 at 16:32, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 09/02/2016 06:52 AM, Gene Pavlovsky wrote:
>> Dear Eric Blake,
>>
>> Basically, I don't want to set `igncr` as system-wide shell option
>> (e.g. through SHELLOPTS).
>
> Don't use it, then. I highly recommend avoiding 'igncr', because it
> exist
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