2010/1/15 Derek Greer:
>
> I discovered that the problem is specific to my PS1 settings, but a bug
> nevertheless. The prompt I've used for years is:
>
> PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007\033[32m\][\h]: \[\033[33m ${PWD##*/}\033[0m\] > '
Only non-printing must be enclosed in \[ ... \] , but you've got
${PWD##*/} in there as well. As a consequence, readline thinks the
prompt is shorter than it actually is.
Andy
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