On 2017-11-11 06:30, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Tom H <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > [ Hundreds of lines of fine-tuning prompt manipulation code and theory > snipped, especially involving quote handling ] > > And.... *this* is why I ignore it all and just use "stty sane" when my > console gets confused. Back with Hurricane, I think it was, I simply built an alias for that stty command and called it "clr". I "think" the \e[0m cured the screwed up text. At the very least I've not had it happen to me in a VERY long time. {^_^}