I assume that in this fix, the following comment got added as well?
# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
I'd like to disagree with the latter part of that comment ("the focus in
... not on the prompt"). Because most command output is non-colored
(luckily), it can be nice to spot your previous prompt to quickly find
the beginning of the output of the command.
Obviously not everyone wants this, and I do not propose to enable a
colored prompt by default. But do I find it unnecessary to state the
view that colored-prompt-users are Wrong(tm). I'd rather see that
replaced with "... distract the user. it's a matter of personal
preference. p.s. vi > emacs ;)"
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Bash prompt string looks for xterm-color, gnome terminal identifies as xterm
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