I've reproduced your issue (using the exact same prompt string as yours). It's also buggy for me in xterm. I'm pretty sure it's a readline or bash issue.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745271 Title: Input prompt behaves incorrectly if working directory path spans two lines Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using: Ubuntu 17.10 2) The version of the package you are using: 3.24.2-0ubuntu4 3) What you expected to happen: The input prompt should behave the same, no matter what the working directory is. 4) What happened instead: The cursor starts overlapping the working directory text (see attached screenshot, which shows a 80×24 terminal window in a directory called “/home/test/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/a/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789”). On text input, the inputted text overwrites the working directory text. When pressing backspace, the entire second line is deleted (including the $ character). This makes using the history (up arrow) very confusing because afterwards, the actual input line characters do not seem to correspond to the displayed text anymore, i.e. characters inserted at a certain point are actually shifted in the resulting line, making it very difficult to properly type in commands. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1745271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
