Re: Misaligned cursor when prompt linebroken

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/18/19, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/18/19, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 4/18/19, dana <dana@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 18 Apr 2019, at 10:39, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>PS1=${(l:$COLUMNS::a:)}b
>>>>the cursor is placed on top of the "b" for me, both in urxvt and
>>>>xterm. Under zsh -f the initial rendering appears correct, but not
>>>>after I type two characters
>>>
>>> Same for me in Terminal.app. The return of workers/43267 (&al.), i
>>> suppose?
>>
>> Just a small additional note that it doesn't matter that it's only one
>> character extra in my example, the same thing happens if you put
>> bbbbbbbb instead of just b.
>
> I tried reverting that commit (w/42285) and it fixes my problem. I
> also can't reproduce any behavior that erases lines with it reverted.
> Since having the commit breaks all prompts that are longer than one
> line in many(?) terminals, and only fixes the case where it is exactly
> as long as one line in some(?) terminals, I would argue for reverting
> it in git.

Dana pointed me more specifically to w/43288 on IRC which was
reportedly committed a while ago but not actually. I checked that it
fixes my case too and doesn't seem to break w/42285, so I've committed
it (actually).

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Mikael Magnusson