$PS1 doesn't appear to work the same after version 1.7

[Andy Koppe]

lynn wrote:
> I use the following to setup my $PS1 bash prompt:
>
> PS1="\[\033]0;\w\007\033[32m\]\u@\h\[\033[36m \W\033[0m\]> "
>
> This attempts to emit the username@hostname current_folder>  (in color)

You've got the \W and the space before it inside \[...\] which tells
readline not to count it towards the length of the prompt. Confusion
ensues.

Andy

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