Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 01:36:55 -0600 From: "Sivar" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Color BASH prompt question Message-ID: <OE70C0HBUkLnPyyTB0l00002672@hotmail.com> References: <F4olgfdUDIpAoFg6YhS0001443a@hotmail.com> <20011008070553.A1267@raggedclown.net>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: Color BASH prompt question
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 06:48:28PM -0700, Charles Burns wrote:
> > When using ANSI color codes to color the BASh prompt ("^[[1;37m", for
> > example), BASh seems to think that the codes are actual displayed
characters
>
> Go to the linuxdoc site and find the HOWTO's.
> There is one called "The bash prompt howto"
> written by someone who had a lot of time on their
> hands I guess .. :)
Pheew. I didn't realize that one could write a 12 chapter + appendix
document about BASH prompts.
Many thanks on this one, it was just what I needed! (And then some)
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