On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 15:56:14 +0000 Mahmoud Al-Qudsi <mqu...@neosmart.net> wrote:
> Hello all, > > Sorry about the confusing subject line, it___s the best I could think of to > succinctly summarize the issue at hand. I___ve been running into an issue > with FreeBSD from 10.x to 12-CURRENT and wanted to check with the mailing > list before I bugged it to make sure it is a FreeBSD bug and not a WSL (the > new Linux subsystem for Windows) bug. > > When I ssh into a FreeBSD host from a TERM=xterm-256color host that has no > problem SSHing into Linux machines, the following behavior is observed > (regardless of the $TERM value under FreeBSD or the SSH shell I___m logging > into). > > Imagine the prompt currently reads as follows with the cursor at the space > denoted by _ in the text below: > > user@freebsd % foo_bar > > If I type in ` foo` at this point, the prompt now reads > > user@freebsd % foo foo_ > > However, the _actual_ contents of the prompt are really > > user@freebsd % foo foo bar_ > > i.e. the _displayed_ prompt acted as if OVERWRITE were on, but the actual > behavior is that INSERT was enabled. The actual behavior is the expected > behavior, which is what the prompt should have shown. > > I do not experience this behavior when using, say, Putty instead of OpenSSH > under WSL. I also do not experience this behavior when SSHing into a > non-FreeBSD host. > > If this is not a FreeBSD bug, I___ll raise it with the WSL team who have > proven to be very earnest in their attempts at fixing all compatibility > issues via their GitHub presence. > > (A screenshot of the observed behavior, if it helps: > http://i.imgur.com/k6hVtbQ.png ) > Have you tried it with a different shell? Such as /bin/sh rather than fish? -- Gary Jennejohn _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
