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Date:      11 Jan 2002 10:14:09 -0600
From:      James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com>
To:        "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: My tcsh prompt: Where are the goodies I miss?
Message-ID:  <86y9j4euge.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020104135308.2005c72f.johann@broadpark.no>
References:  <20020104135308.2005c72f.johann@broadpark.no>

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J.S. <johann@broadpark.no> writes:

> This is my current tcsh prompt:
> 
> set prompt = "<%B$user%b@%B%m%b> [%/] [%B%T%b] \n# "
> 
> looking:
> 
> <johann@ninja> [/home/johann] [13:47]
> # 
> 
> Are there any "goodies" I am missing that would be useful in the first
> line of my prompt? I'm uncertain on what letter calls the tty to be
> displayed, and I'm sure there's a lot more out there.
> 
> I used to include another linebreak in << set prompt = "\n<%B >> [...],
> kinda giving my two-line prompt a little break and relaxing so it doesn't
> get too close to the previous output. It seems, however, so unreal to have
> it that way, violating the extra echo i have in .login after fortune -s,
> making two line-spaces upon login and just.. yeah, doing unfitting things.
> I'd really appreciate some nice, professional way of layouting my prompt
> so that my system can have a beautiful image. :-)

Has it occurred to you that you think too much about your prompt? ;)

If you haven't visited it already, http://tcshrc.sourceforge.net/ may
be of interest.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
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