"Jonathan Arnold" wrote: > Mikael wrote: >> "Jonathan Arnold" wrote: >> >>>Mikael wrote: >>> >>>>It looks similar, if not the same, as the result when I tried to set >>>>bash as the default shell for a native Windows Emacs cvs version. I >>>>guess the \[\033]0;\w\007 >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] should display the cwd if it was >>>>working correctly, yes? >>> >>>These are ansi escape sequences, which won't work "inside" emacs, because >>>it isn't an ANSI terminal. >> >> I really really hope that someone makes it work some day (I wish I had >> the knowledge to contribute), because it's on my top-three list of >> outstanding > > Well, you aren't going to get a colored prompt from within Emacs, but you > can set it up in your .bashrc so it is usable. I have this code in my > .bashrc: > > if [ "$EMACS" == "t" ] > then > export PS1="*** \@ *** \w ***\n\r" > else > export PS1="*** [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** $YELLOW\w$WHITE ***\n\r$NEUTRAL" > fi > > So while it isn't colored, it gives me the info anyway.
Thanks, I will try that. Colors would be nice but I can live without them from inside emacs, I just want the path displayed correctly. > >> Thanks for the link, now it looks much better. Now I just need to find a >> font I like. Thanks for replying so quickly Jonathan with such excellent > > I checked the man page just sent out, and noticed the Shift-Keyboard-+ > and - > shortcut that steps through the various possible fonts. I'm not sure how > you find out *what* font is selected, but it seems to work. > > -- > Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold at buddydog dot org) > Amazing Developments http://www.buddydog.org > > I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. - > William H. Mauldin > / M -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
