David Shaw wrote:
> After compiling Bash in chapter 6 and switching to using the new
> version, I've noticed that long commands, instead of wrapping to the
> next line, scroll off the left hand edge of the screen.
>
> How do I restore the former, wrapping behaviour? I've had a look at the
> manpage for bash and tried googling for information, but can't see what
> I'm looking for.
What you want is
set horizontal-scroll-mode off
Check your /etc/inputrc and ~/.inputrc files. The default (used to be)
off. If you have a line like
set horizontal-scroll-mode on
in eitehr /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc, then that's the likely culprit.
Mike
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