Re: Another bash-3.2 regression: coloured prompt confuses Ctrl+R.

[Chet Ramey]

Volkov Peter wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> The issue was reported at http://bugs.gentoo.org/156292 and is still
> reproducible in bash-3.2 patch level 10 and with redisplay-cursor-patch.
> 
> To save you time steps to reproduce the problem:
> 1. Set PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\h\[\033[01;34m\] \W \$\[\033[00m\] '
> 2. cd /usr/share
> 3. press <ctrl>+R, then press letter 'e' and press <Home> button.
> 
> Cursor appears at the first position in the line (the most left column).

I can't reproduce this with bash-3.2.15 and Fedora Core 5 in a Parallels
VM, with the Home key bound to beginning-of-line.

Chet

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