Re: tcsh

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Date: 04/29/05

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    Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:19:51 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@chuckr.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    > The first thing I do, after I've installed a new system (just before I
    > copy over the ssh data) is to copy my .cshrc to my home dir. What's so
    > important? I really like the two statements, which I show below, which
    > give me my prompt:
    >
    > set prompt="%m:%{^[[34m%}`id -nu`%{^[[0m%}:%~:%{^[[31m#%h^[[0m%}%#"
    > alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="%m%{^[[32m%}:`id
    > -nu`%{^[[0m%}:%~:%{^[[31m#%h^[[0m%}%#"'
    >

    FWIW here's mine:
    set prompt = "\n%~\n%t\n%d, %D `/bin/hostname -s`# "
    Short and sweet. As you can see it leaves little doubt as to where I am or
    what day and time it is.

    -Chris

    > My mailer is adding carriage returns to the cd line, maybe even to the
    > prompt line, live with it.
    >
    > Any chance that something so basic as this, that improves things so
    > awfully much, could be added to the .tcshrc? If the idea is liked well
    > enough, I will edit it enough so that the special use of prompt strings
    > that are specific to tcsh is made conditional.
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