Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:13:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: csh is root's shell? Message-ID: <200410072013.i97KDPoH059493@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <200410071415.45063.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 7 Oct, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2004 12:44 pm, Don Lewis wrote:
>> This is what I use:
>>
>> set prompt = '%m:%c4 %h%#'
>> if ($?TERM && $TERM == xterm) then
>> set prompt='%{\033]0;%n@%m:%c5\007%}%m:%c %h%#'
>> endif
>>
>> It adds the last few components of $cwd and the history event number to
>> the prompt. When running in an xterm, it puts the username, hostname,
>> and the last part of $cwd in the xterm title.
>
> You can use the precmd alias for that. Here's my .tcshrc.interactive file
> that I use for interactive sessions:
> set prompt="\n[%B%P%b] (%l) %B%n@%m%b:%.03\n%# "
> if (($term =~ xterm*) || ($term == eterm)) then
> alias precmd 'echo -n "]2;${USER}@${HOST}:$cwd"'
> # XXX - stupid tcsh processes this for subshells!
> #alias jobcmd 'echo -n "]2;${USER}@${HOST}:$cwd - \!#"'
> #cwdcmd
> endif
I don't see any advantage to using precmd for this at least one
disadvantage - with precmd, you can't use %c# to limit the length of
the path printed in the title. It looks like cwdcmd would be a useful
optimization if there was some way to handle exiting or suspending a
remote shell session.
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