Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:36 +0000 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org> To: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Enhancing the user experience with tcsh Message-ID: <20120210172936.GC8483@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F353D65.7050303@gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnebQUY8azv8fovQPkB%2BGgsQjaByZ6JwnNWjrM1hB65eQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F353D65.7050303@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 05:53:09PM +0200, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > Eitan Adler wrote: > > set filec > > - set history = 100 > > - set savehist = 100 > > + set history = 10000 > > + set savehist = 10000 > > Just why not (10000 merge)? > > > + set autolist > > + # Use history to aid expansion > > + set autoexpand > > set mail = (/var/mail/$USER) > > if ( $?tcsh ) then > > bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word > > bindkey -k up history-search-backward > > bindkey -k down history-search-forward > > endif > > + set prompt = "[%n@%m]%c04%# " > > + set promptchars = "%#" > > endif > > > > I'm fully against changing promptchars, that's pointless. Including more > useful data in prompt is good anyway, but why any [] around? I think > everything should be just a little more descriptive, like: > > set prompt = "%n@%m %c04%m%# " Agreed. Try to make it as short as possible, but not shorter. Remember to check whatever you've done on 80x25 screen. Eatting 25% of the width for the prompt isn't practical. -- Wojciech A. Koszek wkoszek@FreeBSD.czest.pl http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/
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