Re: Xterm title changing prompt problem: HELP!

[mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Geoff Wing)]

Andrew Gallagher <andrew.gallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
:Geoff Wing wrote:
:Or alternatively, take the escape sequence out of PROMPT and "echo -n" it
:from inside the precmd() function ... here is my version:
:
:The advantage of this is that it doesn't mess up non-xterm terminals so
:much (where the escape sequence will not be recognised and thus _will_
:shift the cursor). PROMPT will overwrite the "echo -n"ed line whether it
:is printed or not (so long as it is less than 80 chars).

No, PROMPT will only overwrite the echo output if you have PROMPT_CR
option set.  It is set by default, so this only applies to people who
have done ``setopt nopromptcr'' (or ``unsetopt promptcr'') either
interactively or via startup files. 

Regards,
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