Bug#419578: gnome-terminal: back arrow doesn't show correctly long command lines if terminal window is enlarged

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:57:22AM +0200, Paolo Benvenuto wrote:
> Package: gnome-terminal
> Version: 2.14.2-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Reproduce this bug this way:
> 
> You have an open gnome-terminal with its window not fully enlarged, and you time a command longer than a line.

The first thing to check for is whether you're using bash and (for example)
have escape characters in your prompt which are not delimited with \[ and \].

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
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