Re: [python] [patch] set/show extended-prompt

[Matt Rice <ratmice@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> wrote:

> +@item @var{\e}
> +Substitute an ESC character.

> +def _prompt_esc(attr):
> +    "The ESC character."
> +    return '\033'

won't usage of this (without an equivalent to bash's \[ \]) mess up
the prompt width calculation?
maybe something like...

@item @var{\[}
Begins a sequence of non-printing characters.
@item @var{\]}
Ends a sequence of non-printing characters.

def _prompt_nonprinting_begin(attr):
   "Begins a sequence of non-printing characters."
   return '\001'

def _prompt_nonprinting_end(attr):
   "Ends a sequence of non-printing characters."
   return '\002'