Bug 59356

Summary:	new bash-3.0 broke my 2-line prompt
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sebastian <xaon.seb>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sebastian 2004-08-04 01:49:46 UTC

i use this prompt since bash 2.05x :
PS1="\[\033[1;34m\][ \w ]\[\033[0m\]\n[\[\033[31m\]\u@\h \[\033[0m\]\t]\[\033[31m\]=>\[\033[0m\]"

and and i see on my console/terminal:
[ /tmp ]
[heinz@h0me 12:14:56]=>
(with bash 3.0, too)

BUT:
the newline function (\n) is strange since bash 3.0

example:
[ /tmp ]
[heinz@h0me 12:14:56]=>eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

and it should be:
[ /tmp ]
[heinz@h0me 12:14:56]=>eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeee

and i can't edit the line, because the cursor has a hiccup and didn't reach the first line.

playing around with PS1="\u \w \n" shows strange effects, too.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

and it should be:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Ciaran McCreesh 2004-08-04 02:16:23 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36393 ***

Comment 2 Sebastian 2004-08-04 02:28:11 UTC

problem is with bash-3.0-r4 still there !

Comment 3 Sebastian 2004-08-04 10:29:11 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36393 ***