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RE: prompt colors in xterm
- To: "'Robert Jacobson'" <teridon at erols dot com>, Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>, cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: prompt colors in xterm
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:26:05 -0400
> Thanks for the screen dump and PS1. However, your prompt does not
> have colors in it. Have you tried setting your prompt to what I use,
> to see if it works? try this, please:
> export PS1='\e[1m\@ \e[0;31m\u\e[m \W \! #'
>
I will try this later, when I have time.
>
> How do I get the colors for the directory listings? I can then see
> if that works for me.
in your bashrc file put an alias
alias ls = 'ls -lF --color'
or type it on the prompt eachtime.
Suhaib
>
> >I sent you my PS1 command. Does it help?
> >
> >Suhaib
> >
>
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> Robert Jacobson teridon@erols.com
> BS, Aeronautical Engineering Univ. of Md., College Park
> Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
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