Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:18:31 -0600 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to Send a Bell Character as Part of the Prompt in CSH Message-ID: <200411081518.iA8FIVkI026630@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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I set a prompt string in the root .cshrc file of a system and wanted it to ring the terminal bell on each new shell prompt. Instead, I get the representation of the \a expression as a control character as in ^g appearing on the screen instead of the VT100 emulation receiving the ASCII 7 character to beep the terminal. If I type a Control-G, I do hear a bell, but if I include it in the prompt string, it always gets translated in to ^g. What do I need to look at to change this behavior? The prompt string in question is: set prompt="\a\!# " I did try set prompt="`echo `\!# " with exactly the same results. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group
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