Re: display bug for both gnome-teminal & terminator & xterm

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/24/18 6:25 AM, weidong wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 19
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     if I cd into a deep Chinese Character path(which longer than the terminal 
> width)
>     two problems:
>     1) the last document name is not right
>     2) some word (which is part of the document name) display behind the "$"
> 
> Repeat-By:
>     clear steps to reproduce (step by step);
> 
>     1) build deep document use Chinese character (alphabet character do not 
> have this bug)
>     2) cd into the deepest document (the path longer than the terminal width)
>     expected result:
>         the document name before '$' is right, and no extral character show 
> behind '$'
>     actual result.:
>         the document name before '$' is not right and some extral character 
> show behind '$'

A couple of things would be helpful:

1. What is the value of PS1?

2. Can you provide a filename or pathname containing Chinese characters I
   can use to try and reproduce the issue?

Chet


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