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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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