"Michael Mauger" wrote: > Mikael writes: >> "Jonathan Arnold" wrote: >> > Mikael wrote: >> >> Hello, I just tried rxvt because I wanted to replace the hopeless cmd >> >> window. However, the "prompt" (not sure that is the correct word) >> >> doesn't >> >> look very nice, here it is copied and pasted: >> >> \[\033]0;\w\007 >> >> \033[32m\]\u <at> \h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] >> >> $ >> >> 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 >> >> \[\033]0;\w\007 >> >> \033[32m\]\u <at> \h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] 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 >> issues I have with Cygwin (admittedly indirectly in this case because I >> use >> a native Emacs version). My other issues mostly revolve around being >> unable >> to build certain program ootb on cygwin. >> > > If you are using Emacs >=21.1; try the following elisp > (add-hook 'comint-mode-hook 'ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on) > > You should see the colors properly in emacs. (Essentially Emacs > interprets the > escape sequences and emulates them with the appropriate emacs features.) >
Thanks Michael. I am using the CVS-version (dated early febraury) of Emacs. I removed the lines I added to my .bashrc and added what you showed to my .emacs. Now my bash shell inside emacs looks nice (and in color), but it's not perfect. Here it is: ]0;c:/cygwin/home/mikael/coding/Win32/show_styles/src [EMAIL PROTECTED] c:/cygwin/home/mikael/coding/Win32/show_styles/src $ The first line doesn't look so good and it's basically repeating what's in the second line (the path). How do I make it perfect? >> > As for rxvt, those should work just fine. See this FAQ for a little >> > bit >> > more info and a pointer to the rxvt docs: >> > >> > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC65 >> > >> > -- >> >> 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 >> help, it helps make this world a kinder place. >> > > Are you sure you are using `bash' as your shell? The ability to use > "visible" > escape sequences for colors et al. rather than the actual control > characters in > the prompt variables is a `bash' feature. I see what you are seeing when > I use > `sh' or `ksh' and have the `bash'-style prompt settings. > > The reason I think this is that `bash' would not write out the \[ and \] > sequences as part of the prompt. These are fenceposts used to identify > portions of the prompt string that take up no physical space on the output > line. This permits `bash' to calculate how long the prompt string > actually is > so that wrapping and editting look correct. > > / 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/
