rxvt problem: Prompt doesn't look very nice

[Jonathan Arnold]

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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