From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7272 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2011 14:51:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 7256 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Aug 2011 14:51:42 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:51:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7CEpM9e023413 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:22 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7CEpKpE007178; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:21 -0400 From: Phil Muldoon To: Matt Rice Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [python] [patch] set/show extended-prompt References: Reply-to: pmuldoon@redhat.com X-URL: http://www.redhat.com Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:51:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Matt Rice's message of "Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:42:16 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-08/txt/msg00246.txt.bz2 Matt Rice writes: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Phil Muldoon wrote: > >> +@item @var{\e} >> +Substitute an ESC character. > >> +def _prompt_esc(attr): >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0"The ESC character." >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0return '\033' > > won't usage of this (without an equivalent to bash's \[ \]) mess up > the prompt width calculation? > maybe something like... Not sure what you mean by width in this context. I checked strlen and for /efoo/e and it reported the length at five? Cheers Phil > @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'