READLINE PATCH REPORT ===================== Readline-Release: 5.2 Patch-ID: readline52-008 Bug-Reported-by: dAniel hAhler Bug-Reference-ID: <4702ED8A.5000503@thequod.de> Bug-Reference-URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/119938 Bug-Description: When updating the display after displaying, for instance, a list of possible completions, readline will place the cursor at the wrong position if the prompt contains invisible characters and a newline. Patch: *** ../readline-5.2-patched/display.c Mon Aug 6 14:26:29 2007 --- ./display.c Wed Oct 10 22:43:58 2007 *************** *** 1049,1053 **** else tx = nleft; ! if (_rl_last_c_pos > tx) { _rl_backspace (_rl_last_c_pos - tx); /* XXX */ --- 1049,1053 ---- else tx = nleft; ! if (tx >= 0 && _rl_last_c_pos > tx) { _rl_backspace (_rl_last_c_pos - tx); /* XXX */ *************** *** 1205,1209 **** { register char *ofd, *ols, *oe, *nfd, *nls, *ne; ! int temp, lendiff, wsatend, od, nd; int current_invis_chars; int col_lendiff, col_temp; --- 1205,1209 ---- { register char *ofd, *ols, *oe, *nfd, *nls, *ne; ! int temp, lendiff, wsatend, od, nd, o_cpos; int current_invis_chars; int col_lendiff, col_temp; *************** *** 1466,1469 **** --- 1466,1471 ---- } + o_cpos = _rl_last_c_pos; + /* When this function returns, _rl_last_c_pos is correct, and an absolute cursor postion in multibyte mode, but a buffer index when not in a *************** *** 1475,1479 **** invisible characters in the prompt string. Let's see if setting this when we make sure we're at the end of the drawn prompt string works. */ ! if (current_line == 0 && MB_CUR_MAX > 1 && rl_byte_oriented == 0 && _rl_last_c_pos == prompt_physical_chars) cpos_adjusted = 1; #endif --- 1477,1483 ---- invisible characters in the prompt string. Let's see if setting this when we make sure we're at the end of the drawn prompt string works. */ ! if (current_line == 0 && MB_CUR_MAX > 1 && rl_byte_oriented == 0 && ! (_rl_last_c_pos > 0 || o_cpos > 0) && ! _rl_last_c_pos == prompt_physical_chars) cpos_adjusted = 1; #endif