GNU bug report logs - #5255
23.1.90; Wrong prompt in term

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina <galli.87 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:05:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 5334

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina <galli.87 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5255: 23.1.90; Wrong prompt in term
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:38:04 -0800 (PST)

Fabian Ezequiel Gallina <galli.87 <at> gmail.com> writes:

  > In emacs 23.1 when I use M-x term the prompt is rendered correctly to
  > whatever is defined on the PS1 environment variable. But in 23.1.90.1 it
  > prompts whatever is defined in the PS1 but also before that, it prompts
  > 0;<user>@<host>:<location>.
  > 
  > The steps to reproduce it are quite simple:
  > 
  > emacs -Q
  > M-x term
  > 
  > The prompt is rendered like this:
  > 
  > 0;fgallina <at> cuca:~/Builds/emacs[fgallina <at> cuca emacs]$
  > 
  > Since my PS1 is set to
  > 
  > PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
  > 
  > the expected result is:
  > 
  > [fgallina <at> cuca emacs]$

I can't reproduce this.
Are you sure that your prompt is set to what you show there?  Maybe the
system default sets it to something else?
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