From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 18 19:28:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA28046 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA28039 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA24488; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:57:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706190227.LAA24488@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD? :-) In-Reply-To: <199706181850.UAA21225@online.no> from Geir Eivind Mork at "Jun 18, 97 08:49:02 pm" To: gemork@online.no Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:57:46 +0930 (CST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, francisco@natserv.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Geir Eivind Mork stands accused of saying: > But I was using 4os/2 as my primary shell in Os/2, how can I emulate > it's features (except alias) in BSD (I use the standar shell in > BSD).. Like the TAB feature, the doskey-alike feature (browse > previous commands) etc. 4os2/4dos/etc inherit heavily from bash/tcsh. Either of these shells are, in most regards, vastly superior due at least in part to the environment. > And btw; Can I use some sort of macro in the prompt ? Like I did in > dos/4os? Like the famous $p$g? I haven't figured out something like > that from the man(uals) Here is my prompt (for tcsh), nothing fancy : set prompt=`hostname -s`:%~\> Check the tcsh manpages for other neat % expansions; there's sure to be one that suits you. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[