Weird gnome terminal behavior (SOLVED)

[Harald Servat]

2011/1/29 Harald Servat <redcrash at gmail.com>

> Hello,
>
>   I'm using FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE and Gnome 2.32.1
>
>   When I'm on typing on the gnome-terminal I observe a weird behavior when
> the line I'm typing is long enough. Ideally, the terminal should cut the
> word and add "visual" enter (although not adding such character on the
> line), but on my terminal that enter does not exist and starts overwriting
> the first characters (i.e., the prompt)
>
>   I'm adding a screenshot of such behavior.
>
>   Notice, also, that the line does not cuts at the last column of the
> terminal, but some before. Any idea on what could I try or what should I
> look for to solve this issue?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
Ok, I found the reason. I'm using bash and I was using bold characters in my
$PS1. When I turned it into

  export PS1="\u@\h:\w>"

everything worked like a charm! :D

Thank you and sorry for the noise.
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