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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:57:07 +1100
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Lonewolf <lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pretty prompts
Message-ID:  <19990118115706.39762@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org>; from Lonewolf on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:54:48AM %2B0200
References:  <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au> <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org>

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On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:54:48AM +0200, Lonewolf wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 05:55:04AM +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> 
> > Years ago in DOS I went through a fancy prompt phase. It got really bad :-)
> > For example, one prompt put a blue stripe permanently along the top of
> > the screen that showed current directory, time, and whatever other junk
> > would fit, with a simple gold prompt mark in the main scrolling part.
> > 
> > Now in my second newbiehood I'm wondering, can I do that sort of stuff
> > with FreeBSD? I can't find any clues in the sh or bash man pages (only
> > basic useful stuff, nothing senseless, fun, or psychadelic) so maybe
> > there's something else to learn?
> 
> Take a look at BashPrompt:
> http://garson.grantstomb.com/bashprompt/
> 
> the original site seems to be down, but the mirror above still works.


Thanks, I found some good info there.

-- 

Regards,
        -*Sue*-


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