Fw: Bug in Cygwin/XFree86 Frequently Asked Questions

[Harold L Hunt II]

Igor,

Is his suggestion correct?  If so, I will need to update the 
Cygwin/XFree86 FAQ.

Thanks,

Harold

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Arne,
> 
> There's an entry in the main Cygwin FAQ that may be of interest:
> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC49>.
> 	Igor
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Arne Christian HÃ¥rseth wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi!
>>
>>I am not an expert on bash and sh but I could only make the cygwin-sfree-fax
>>topic 4.7 and 4.8 work with sh, not bash, so I assume it should be corrected
>>as suggested in my mail below?
>>
>>Best regards
>>Arne HÃ¥rseth
>>
>>PS: I do not subscripe to this list.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo@msu.edu>
>>To: "Arne Christian HÃ¥rseth" <arnechaa@online.no>
>>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:07 AM
>>Subject: Re: Bug in Cygwin/XFree86 Frequently Asked Questions
>>
>>Arne,
>>
>>Can you send this to cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com?  Your suggestion seems
>>correct, but I would like other people to see it and add their thoughts.
>>
>>Thanks for contributing,
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>Arne Christian HÃ¥rseth wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>I see that you have the last revision of the Cygwin/XFree86 Frequently
>>
>>Asked
>>
>>>Questions so I take the chance on sending this to you. Hope it is OK?
>>>
>>>I think there is a bug in
>>>
>>
>>http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-bash-extended-cha
>>
>>>rs.
>>>The description in 4.7 and 4.8 is said to cover bash but it actually only
>>>works for sh. With bash you need to make a .bashrc instead of inputrc
>>>containing something like this:
>>>
>>>if test "$PS1"
>>>then
>>>  PS1='\h(\u) \W \!\$ '
>>>  bind \
>>>    'set meta-flag on'                  \
>>>    'set convert-meta off'              \
>>>    'set output-meta on'                \
>>>    'set show-all-if-ambiguous on'      \
>>>    'set expand-tilde on'
>>>fi
>>>
>>>This also adds a nice prompt.
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>Arne Christian HÃ¥rseth
> 
>