diff --git a/core/string_util.js b/core/string_util.js
index 20ff3511..4539ea38 100644
--- a/core/string_util.js
+++ b/core/string_util.js
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ function stringToNullTermBuffer(s, options = { encoding : 'utf8', maxBufLen : -1
 }
 
 const PIPE_REGEXP			= /(\|[A-Z\d]{2})/g;
+//const ANSI_REGEXP			= /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*([0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?([0-9A-ORZcf-npqrsuy=><])/g;
+//const ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP	= new RegExp(PIPE_REGEXP.source + '|' + ANSI_REGEXP.source, 'g');
 const ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP	= new RegExp(PIPE_REGEXP.source + '|' + ANSI.getFullMatchRegExp().source, 'g');
 
 //
@@ -273,23 +275,12 @@ function renderSubstr(str, start, length) {
 //
 //	See also https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/master/index.js
 //
-function renderStringLength(s, options = { pipe : true, ansi : true } ) {
+function renderStringLength(s) {
 	let m;
 	let pos;
 	let len = 0;
 
-	let re;
-	if(options.pipe && options.ansi) {
-		re = ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP;
-	} else if(options.pipe) {
-		re = PIPE_REGEXP;
-	} else if(options.ansi) {
-		re = ANSI.getFullMatchRegExp();
-	} else {
-		//	no options - just return string length.
-		return s.length;
-	}
-
+	const re = ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP;
 	re.lastIndex = 0;	//	we recycle the rege; reset
 
 	//
diff --git a/core/word_wrap.js b/core/word_wrap.js
index d3e78b79..ecb728a5 100644
--- a/core/word_wrap.js
+++ b/core/word_wrap.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function wordWrapText(text, options) {
 
 	function appendWord() {
 		word.match(REGEXP_GOBBLE).forEach( w => {
-			renderLen = renderStringLength(w, { ansi : true, pipe : false } );
+			renderLen = renderStringLength(w);
 
 			if(result.renderLen[i] + renderLen > options.width) {
 				if(0 === i) {