From 14142c320a3204aba6de1e0df7d3b6fb29ba23c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:24:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix incorrect repeat counts

---
 kittens/tui/operations.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/tui/operations.py b/kittens/tui/operations.py
index 3bae316f2..9f50d16f4 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/operations.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/operations.py
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ def without_line_wrap(write: Callable[[str], None]) -> Generator[None, None, Non
 
 @cmd
 def repeat(char: str, count: int) -> str:
-    return f'{char}\x1b[{abs(count)}b'
+    if count > 1:
+        return f'{char}\x1b[{count-1}b'
+    return char * count
 
 
 @cmd