From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 17 16:57:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA05817 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:57:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05791 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:57:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA15979; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:57:10 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19990118115706.39762@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:57:07 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Lonewolf Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pretty prompts References: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au> <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org>; from Lonewolf on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:54:48AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:54:48AM +0200, Lonewolf wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 05:55:04AM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > > Years ago in DOS I went through a fancy prompt phase. It got really bad :-) > > For example, one prompt put a blue stripe permanently along the top of > > the screen that showed current directory, time, and whatever other junk > > would fit, with a simple gold prompt mark in the main scrolling part. > > > > Now in my second newbiehood I'm wondering, can I do that sort of stuff > > with FreeBSD? I can't find any clues in the sh or bash man pages (only > > basic useful stuff, nothing senseless, fun, or psychadelic) so maybe > > there's something else to learn? > > Take a look at BashPrompt: > http://garson.grantstomb.com/bashprompt/ > > the original site seems to be down, but the mirror above still works. Thanks, I found some good info there. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message