Fix C-a jumping to stray prompt char in command output#464
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Two complementary fixes for ghostel-beginning-of-input-or-line:
1. Cap the prompt-prefix scan at 60 columns in ghostel-prompt-regexp.
Real prompts put their symbol near BOL; a prompt char found deep in
a line (e.g. the % in a dnf "100%" progress line) is command output,
not a prompt. Replace the unbounded [^…]* with [^…]\{0,60\} so the
fallback regex cannot match past the first 60 columns.
2. Suppress the regex fallback when OSC 133 is active and a real
ghostel-prompt property exists after point. On a property-less
output line that sits above a real prompt the regex is unreliable;
prefer BOL. The check is directional (after point only) so inner
REPLs and tmux/screen prompts — which are the live bottom line with
no prompt below — are unaffected.
Closes #430
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Two complementary fixes for ghostel-beginning-of-input-or-line:
Cap the prompt-prefix scan at 60 columns in ghostel-prompt-regexp.
Real prompts put their symbol near BOL; a prompt char found deep in
a line (e.g. the % in a dnf "100%" progress line) is command output,
not a prompt. Replace the unbounded [^…]* with [^…]{0,60} so the
fallback regex cannot match past the first 60 columns.
Suppress the regex fallback when OSC 133 is active and a real
ghostel-prompt property exists after point. On a property-less
output line that sits above a real prompt the regex is unreliable;
prefer BOL. The check is directional (after point only) so inner
REPLs and tmux/screen prompts — which are the live bottom line with
no prompt below — are unaffected.
Closes #430