KDE terminal emulator prompt covering last typed character [Solved]

[Claude Jones]

On Sat April 24 2010, Claude Jones wrote:
> At least with two different terminal emulators, konsole and yakuake, I'm 
> experiencing the phenomenon. After typing a character, it remains concealed
> by  the prompt until I type the next character. I've been googling this
> for awhile now but either it's a rare issue or I'm using the wrong search
> terms. I've gone through the settings a couple of times as well. This only
> happens in terminal windows, not, for example, in text entry windows like
> this new email message window I'm currently typing into. Also, it doesn't
> happen in Gnome terminal, only the two listed above. Makes it kind of hard
> to spell check as you go since you can't see what you've typed till you
> type the next character... Anyone else have this?

I went to this file: /home/cj/.kde/share/apps/konsole/Shell.profile
renamed the file to Shell.profile.xxx
logged out and back in
fixed

hope that helps someone down the line
-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA