diff -up jline-2.5/src/main/java/jline/console/ConsoleReader.java.org jline-2.5/src/main/java/jline/console/ConsoleReader.java
--- jline-2.5/src/main/java/jline/console/ConsoleReader.java.org	2011-11-03 21:27:38.242789068 +0100
+++ jline-2.5/src/main/java/jline/console/ConsoleReader.java	2011-11-03 21:28:47.027460246 +0100
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ public class ConsoleReader
     /**
      * Move the visual cursor backwards without modifying the buffer cursor.
      */
-    private void back(final int num) throws IOException {
+    protected void back(final int num) throws IOException {
         if (num == 0) return;
         if (terminal.isAnsiSupported()) {
             int width = getTerminal().getWidth();