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authorWayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net>2005-10-14 09:23:57 +0000
committerWayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net>2005-10-14 09:23:57 +0000
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One more tweak to a sentence in the PROMPT_SP section.
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@@ -1670,10 +1670,10 @@ sect(How do I prevent the prompt overwriting output when there is no newline?)
fi
)
That precmd function will only bump the screen down to a new line if there
- was output on the prompt line, otherwise the extra spaces get removed by
- the tt(PROMPT_CR) action. Although this typically looks fine it may result
- in the preceding spaces being included when you select a line of text with
- the mouse.
+ was output on the prompt line, otherwise the extra chars get removed by
+ the PROMPT_CR action. Although this typically looks fine, it may result
+ in the spaces preceding the prompt being included when you select a line
+ of preserved text with the mouse.
One final alternative is to put a newline in your prompt -- see question
link(3.13)(313) for that.