Re: PuTTY and editing long lines on the command prompt

From: Jacob Nevins (jacobn_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Date: 01/07/05

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    removethis <"hjohn(removethis)"@xs4all.nl> writes:
    >I use PuTTY to remotely log in to a Linux server running Bash using SSH.
    > The simplest way to reproduce my problem is to simply type characters
    >on the commandline until it reaches the edge of the screen. The cursor
    >now should go one line down and the commandline should continue, but in
    >PuTTY the cursor goes to the start of the same line and starts
    >overwriting it. [...]

    In my experience, the top two causes of this sort of problem have turned
    out to be:

     - Failure to use \[ and \] correctly in a custom prompt string
       (e.g. $PS1). Setting PS1 to something simple (e.g. "") should show
       whether this is the problem.

     - Failure of SIGWINCH to propagate properly after a horizontal terminal
       resize. If "kill -WINCH $$" clears the problem up, it's this one.

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