[sf-lug] A problem of spacing with terminal

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 08/14/2017 07:52 AM, Akkana Peck wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers writes:
>> Hi LUGers,
>>
>>      I am having a problem with terminal windows in that the cursor is coming
>> up
>> on screen about 5 spaces to the left of where the typed characters will
>> appear.
>> This is somewhat annoying.
> It might help to mention what terminal program you're using.
Konsole which is apparently xterm.
> There are a bazillion of them and they're all different. However:
>
>> When I use su - to go into root the spaces are cut back to about 2 from
>> where the characters will appear.
> Perhaps you have backspaces or similar movement characters in your
> prompt? Try this:
> PS1='$ '
     problem disappears for that virtural terminal.
> and see if the problem goes away. If not, it might not hurt to try
> RPS1=''
>
> If it's not the prompt, it's probably still some configuration file
> you have. Try renaming .bashrc and see if it still happens. If not,
> that's your problem, and you can use "divide and conquer": remove
> the last half of the file and see if it still happens (of course,
> make a backup of the file first); if so, remove half of what remains
> and try again. That's a fast way to narrow down which part of the
> file is causing the problem. If it's not the .bashrc (or other files
> like .profile), try creating a new account with all defaults, then
> add your dot files one by one and see which file is causing the problem.
>
>          ...Akkana
         Thanks for the advice Akkana.

     Bobbie

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