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Re: rxvt problem: Prompt doesn't look very nice
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
\[\033]0;\w\007
\033[32m\]\u@\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
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="*** $LCYAN\@$WHITE *** $YELLOW\w$WHITE ***\n\r$NEUTRAL"
fi
So while it isn't colored, it gives me the info anyway.
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.
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Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
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William H. Mauldin
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