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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:40:27 -0600
From: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com>
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> Guillaume Paquet wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 1) How can I change my prompt? like myhostname@pwd$
>
>     I'd like to have an example please.

I use something like the following in my .cshrc:

set prompt=`whoami`@`hostname`:$cwd

Then, to keep the path current, you'll need to add something like:

alias cd	'cd \!* ; set prompt=`whoami`@`hostname`:$cwd"$ "'
alias pushd	'cd \!* ; set prompt=`whoami`@`hostname`:$cwd"$ "'
alias popd	'cd \!* ; set prompt=`whoami`@`hostname`:$cwd"$ "'

For example, you might see:

foub@globetrotter.net:/home/foub $ _

Of course, if your terminal can do colour, it's often nice to colorize
your prompt so that you can pick it out at the end of a directory
listing or long output.  Find an ANSI color code reference to do this. 
Such frivolity is beyond the scope of this message :-)
 
> 2) How can I change the default editor of quota\crontab?  vi --> pico
 
setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/pico

.. Should do the trick for "most" applications.  If not, you can always
use:

alias vi /usr/local/bin/pico

.. But I would really recommend keeping vi functional, in case you (or
someone else) needs it.

If that STILL doesn't work, then the application in question uses a
fully qualified path to access vi.  (That, or you didn't reload your
.cshrc/relogin after making the changes :-) Look for configuration files
or header files.


Hope this helps.

Virtually yours,
- Ryan
 

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