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From: SamNet-dev <sam@samnet.dev>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:55:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Fix=20box=20border=20misalignment=20=E2=80=94?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20normalize=20literal=20\033=20in=20=5Fstrlen?=
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---
 mtproxymax.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mtproxymax.sh b/mtproxymax.sh
index bff41de..76d4bc4 100644
--- a/mtproxymax.sh
+++ b/mtproxymax.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ TERM_WIDTH=$(tput cols 2>/dev/null || echo 60)
 _strlen() {
     local clean="$1"
     local esc=$'\033'
+    # Normalize literal \033 (from single-quoted color vars) to real ESC byte
+    clean="${clean//$'\\033'/$esc}"
     # Strip ANSI escape sequences in pure bash (no subprocesses)
     while [[ "$clean" == *"${esc}["* ]]; do
         local before="${clean%%${esc}\[*}"