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Hi,
I recently decided to colour up my console. I started with the prompt and
googled a bit and came out with a list of colours. But, the problem is that
with this prompt (ie. "\e[1;[EMAIL PROTECTED];36m\h \e[1;31m\w\e[0;32m$ "),
bash takes the width to be only 45 char. The whole thing is something like
this:
1) I set the prompt:
$ PS1="\e[1;[EMAIL PROTECTED];36m\h \e[1;31m\w\e[0;32m\$ "
[EMAIL PROTECTED] directory$
2) I type something that is more than 45 char long or enter a dir whose name
is more than [expr 45 - `echo $USER | wc -m` - 1 - `echo $HOST | wc -m` - 3
], and it continues the 46th char at the beggining of the same line. eg. if
my hostname is host, username is user and dirname is
/some/stupid/directory/located/somewhere, then it should display (if the
width is the usual 80):
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /some/stupid/directory/located/somewhere$
But, on mine it displays:
where$ st /some/stupid/directory/located/some
3) Then I type someting, eg. gnome-terminal:
where$ gnome-terminald/directory/located/some
Any solutions for this?
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Regards,
Arjun Asthana
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux: Choose your freedom
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Whether weary or unweary, O man, do not rest,
Do not cease your single-handed struggle.
Go on, do not rest.
-- An old Gujarati hymn
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