On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 07:40:52AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > > I believe that the prompt reflects DJ Delorie's prompt preference, which > > was, apparently, two lines. > > > > I agree, although I don't dislike it. > > > *I'd* prefer no prompt setting at all, actually. I think that prompt > > setting should be up to the user or the local sysadmin. AFAICT, even > > Red Hat doesn't try to make a prompt decision for you. > > > > I'd prefer no prompt setting also by default but leave the PS1 commented > out for an example of use. The problem with the current PS1 is that > it's SHELL specific, I.E.: it only works in bash.
Agree. I'm still for giving a nice PS1 by default (aka not '$ ') but it should get simplified so that it works for all bourne shell clones. In general a question raises (again, perhaps?): Shouldn't we provide a default /etc/csh.login file as well? At least as part of the tcsh package? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc.
