From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 12:23:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2257716A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:23:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E811643D41 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:23:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq66-164.dial.allstream.net [216.123.143.132]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id 87AC2EB33D; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:23:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:23:09 -0400 From: epilogue To: Roger Merritt Message-Id: <20040813082309.44917ab7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20040813143600.00a0fec0@127.0.0.1> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20040813143600.00a0fec0@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange prompt behavior in tcsh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:23:16 -0000 On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:50:28 +0700 Roger Merritt wrote: > I recently installed the port shells/tcshrc, and ever since I've been > getting some funny output on the console whenever I change directories: > > kepler:/root# echo $SHELL > /bin/tcsh > kepler:/root# cd /etc > \033]2;KEPLER - /etc\007kepler:/etc# > kepler:/etc# cd > \033]2;KEPLER - /root\007kepler:/root# > kepler:/root# > > The prompt setting in .tcshrc.set is "%B%m%b:%S%/%s%# ". given that %B starts boldfacing and %b ends it (ie. where your problem seems to start and end), my guess would be that your console setting does not support boldfacing. > Obviously it's no huge thing, but why am I seeing the \033]2...\007 > string after 'cd'ing? Before I installed the port, my .tcshrc set the > prompt to "%n@%m:%~%# " and I didn't get the literal string. Now it only > shows on the first prompt after I 'cd', and after that the prompt seems > to work right. Obviously the port sets something else, but before I start > digging, has anyone else solved this? actually, i think that the preferred order would be to dig first and ask questions later. ;) > -- > Roger > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >