Merge pull request JuliaLang#6893 from mbauman/stable-repl-prompt

Make prompts and i-searches the same word length

Author: StefanKarpinski

base/LineEdit.jl

@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ function refresh_multi_line(termbuf::TerminalBuffer, s::SearchState)
     write(buf, readall(s.response_buffer))
     buf.ptr = offset + ptr - 1
     s.response_buffer.ptr = ptr
-    s.ias = refresh_multi_line(termbuf, s.terminal, buf, s.ias, s.backward ? "(reverse-i-search)`" : "(i-search)`")
+    s.ias = refresh_multi_line(termbuf, s.terminal, buf, s.ias, s.backward ? "(reverse-i-search)`" : "(forward-i-search)`")
 end
 
 function refresh_multi_line(s::Union(SearchState,PromptState))

base/REPL.jl

@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ function setup_interface(d::REPLDisplay, req, rep; extra_repl_keymap = Dict{Any,
     main_prompt.on_done = respond(Base.parse_input_line, d, main_prompt, req, rep)
 
     # Setup help mode
-    help_mode = Prompt("help> ",
+    help_mode = Prompt(" help> ",
         prompt_color = repl.help_color,
         input_color = repl.input_color,
         keymap_func_data = repl,