.bashrc.sh

# From https://gist.github.com/bahamas10/6567725 to fix stupid bash issues
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2575037/how-to-get-the-cursor-position-in-bash
# print the current column of the cursor
curcol() {
    local pos oldstty row=0 col=0
    exec < /dev/tty
    oldstty=$(stty -g)
    stty raw -echo min 0
    tput u7 > /dev/tty
    IFS=';' read -r -d R -a pos
    stty "$oldstty"
    # change from one-based to zero based so they work with: tput cup $row $col
    col=${pos[1]}
    col=$((${col:-1} - 1))
    echo "$col"
}

# conditonally output `%\n` based on the current column of the cursor
fancynewline() {
    if (( $(curcol) != 0 )); then
        tput bold
        tput bold
        tput rev
        tput rev
        echo '\n'
        tput sgr0
        fi
}

PROMPT_COMMAND=fancynewline