On 2009-02-14, przytula_guy wrote: > I just installed latest version of cygwin on windows/xp on new machine > copied an existing profile from another machine but with problems > set -o vi : the -i option is not accepted > whenever changing PS1, the cursor is positioned to the left and over writing > the prompt > although from command line all commands are accepted : set -o vi no problem > same for PS1 > any idea about this ?
I think your "profile" (~/.profile?) has DOS line endings. Execute d2u on that file and see if that fixes the problem. HTH, Gary -- 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/