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07/27/2010

08:34 AM Ruby Feature #3616: IRB + readline incorrectly counts non-printing characters in prompt

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> Even if it is implemented, you'll have to write as:
>
> :PROMPT_I => "\\[\e[0;1;32m\\]>>> \\[\e[0m\\]"
>
> It doesn't seem nice.

Yes, I agree. That is very ugly. I think it's appropriate to simply surround ... guns (Sung Pae)

07/26/2010

02:56 PM Ruby Feature #3616 (Closed): IRB + readline incorrectly counts non-printing characters in prompt

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When setting a prompt for IRB that contains terminal control characters:

IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:COLOR] = {
:PROMPT_I => "\e[0;1;32m>>> \e[0m",
...
}
IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :COLOR

IRB includ... guns (Sung Pae)