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Re: [Bug-readline] beta2 bugs in dump-variables and *-mode-string
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [Bug-readline] beta2 bugs in dump-variables and *-mode-string |
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Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:16:48 -0400 |
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On 7/27/16 10:30 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
> I've just started testing the new readline/bash and found two issues.
>
> dump-variables() always shows the default variables for
> vim-*-mode-string or the emacs-mode-string. here is a fix for that one.
Thanks for the report and fix.
> The other is that if non-printing characters are used in the
> *-mode-strings then the strings starts leaking into the line. This
> happens with both vi and emacs mode. Also the show-mode string is not
> updated correctly when switching between modes. my strings are:
>
> set emacs-mode-string "\1\e[1;address@hidden "
> set vi-ins-mode-string "\1\e[1;32m\2+\1\e[0m\2 "
> set vi-cmd-mode-string "\1\e[1;31m\2-\1\e[0m\2 "
I can't reproduce this in bash, even with a PS1 that contains non-printing
characters. Can you explain how you are reproducing this?
Chet
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