Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:30:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Ben J. Cohen" <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bash bug when typing long lines? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081227550.909-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081055240.259-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Ben J. Cohen wrote: >Hi! > >There seems to be a glitch in bash when typing lines longer than one >screen-width. > >When you do this, the cursor wraps back to the start of the line, but does >not go down a line, so you overtype the beginning of the same line. I don't think it overwrites the line. It just shifts the stuff you have written to the left so you can read the tail end. Use the left arrow to back up and see if this is the case. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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