On Thu, 22 May 1997, Chris Fearnley wrote: > How about: > PS1='\[\033[40;31m\]pwd: \[\033[40;33m\]\w \[\033[40;[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > I'll repeat my conclusion: leave it as PS1="\\$ "
That's your `conclusion'? After _what_ thinking? > and provide a > customization app for sysadmins to edit /etc/profile and another for > users to edit ~/.bash_profile (and other dotfiles too, of course) and > keep the installation's paws away from customizations that EVERYBODY > has a different opinion about. That's a very weak argument. In building an operating system we should make some decisions. Your problem is that you think that we aren't capable to decide a prompt? I say: Let's use any simple/reasonable/useful prompt, I like mine, but I don't care... =) -- Nicolás Lichtmaier.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .