Re: address@hidden: shell-mode: cursor Point loses on long prompts:]

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> [I sent this message twice but did not get a response.]

I fixed this about two weeks ago.

> It sounds like this is a bug in the field handling of line-move.
> Would someone please investigate, then respond with the diagnosis?
>
> I am not sure whether it is better to fix this or leave it alone,
> but we should figure out what's wrong before deciding that.
>
> From: "T. V. Raman" <address@hidden>
> Subject: shell-mode: cursor Point loses on long prompts:
> To: address@hidden
>
> I admit this is somewhat pathological --- but I've hit it a
> couple of times when  in directories that have long names (with
> lots of white space chars in the dir name).
> (you end up running into more and more of these as you rip CDs to
> MP3)
>
> If you have bash showing the working directory, for instance my
> PS1 is 
>
> \t \h \W $
>
>
> then after executing commands like ls in such a directory, c-p no
> longer moves  point past the recently displayed prompt.
>
> Here is a test case, comprised  the lines pasted from the shell
> buffer, interspersed with comments:
>
> #cd to /tmp and make a bogus directory there:
> mkdir 'a     directory         with     a     very     long     file name '
> 18:27:21 labrador tmp $ cd a\ \ \ \ \ directory\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ with\ \ \ \ 
> \ a\ \ \ \ \ very\ \ \ \ \ long\ \ \ \ \ file\ name\ /
> 18:27:28 labrador a     directory         with     a     very long     file 
> name  $ ls
> 18:27:39 labrador a     directory         with     a     very     long     
> file name  $ 
>
> #execute ls, after the next prompt is displayed, pressing c-p
>  leaves  point trapped after the prompt. Hitting C-c C-p moves
>  prompt correctly to the line where ls was executed.
>
> - -- 
> Best Regards,
> - --raman
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