Using tab completion in gnome-terminal appears to be placing text in odd areas, such as to the left (on top of my prompt) or above, sometimes. Here is an example of what happens when it places it over my prompt.
Is this a fixable thing?
Most likely you forgot to enclose the non-printable characters of your prompt between \[
and \]
. This is required for bash to be able to keep track of the column where its cursor is.
$PS1