From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 11 01:57:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA09288 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 01:57:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apotheosis.za.org (apotheosis.cs.uct.ac.za [137.158.128.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA09129 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 01:57:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org) Message-ID: <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:54:48 +0200 From: Lonewolf To: Sue Blake Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pretty prompts Mail-Followup-To: Sue Blake , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au>; from "Sue Blake" on Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 05:55:04AM Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. --lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org http://apotheosis.za.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message