Bash, Gnome-Terminal and Prompt Mysteries

Bebo · 11-10-2003, 08:19 AM

It uses a whole bunch (see man tcsh), but the ones I use are /etc/csh.cshrc and ~/.cshrc. Actually, I want to keep the defaults apart from my own settings, so I just add the line source /etc/mycshrc at the end of /etc/csh.cshrc, and then I put all the stuff I want to be in common for all users (such as "set nobeep"

) in /etc/mycshrc.

melquiades: nice yellow

fasta · 11-10-2003, 08:21 AM

Thx ALOT bebo !

hey try this tcsh shell prompt:

set prompt="[%n@%m:%{\033[34m%}%c%{\033[0m%}]%{\033[31m%}%T%{\033[0m%}%#"

Another question. I am sure i can set aliases in tcsh (like alias ll='ls -lh --color' in bash I use...), how?

More: i found this nice tutorial on csh customizing

Have fun

Bebo · 11-10-2003, 08:26 AM

Wow, great!

I see you've got the hang of the colours!

fasta · 11-10-2003, 08:26 AM

LOL we're forum-chattin

Quote:

Wow, great! I see you've got the hang of the colours!

heheh I like to snoop around till i find what i want

Bebo · 11-10-2003, 08:29 AM

Hehe, yep

So, have you changed your shell to tcsh now?

fasta · 11-10-2003, 08:36 AM

trying...
I still like the bash "auto complete" (TAB key) regarding directory listings...
Still, I have to find out how to set aliases... I'm way too used to my "ll" (double L) list alias...

Hey Bebo, any hint about this problem of mine ?

And how about this one ...

fasta · 11-10-2003, 08:44 AM

FOUND it!
"set autolist" will make csh behave like bash (in auto-completion feature...)

Bebo · 11-10-2003, 08:51 AM

I think that the auto complete is always on, so that shouldn't be any problem. I have also

set correct = cmd
set autolist

in my setup. set correct = cmd helps in correcting misspelled command. I find it helpful sometimes, but I guess one can find it a bit disturbing. Can't remember what set autolist does

The ll alias is pretty common I think, but if it's missing in tcsh, it's very easy to add it. The only difference from bash with tcsh when you define aliases is that you don't use an equality sign: alias ll "ls -l"

Gonna look into your other threads

Bebo · 11-10-2003, 08:52 AM

Really? Hm, I just tried without the autolist and it worked anyway. Well, whatever

BSlack · 11-13-2003, 10:11 AM

try this and see what happens

* in csh/tcsh

alias cwdcmd 'echo -n "\033]2;${user}@${host}: ${cwd:s@your_home_path@~@}\007\033]1;${host}: ${cwd:s@your_home_path@~@}\007"'

where:
your_home_path is your home directory path (i.e. /home/albert)

* bash

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]2;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/#$HOME/~}\007\033]1;${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/#$HOME/~}\007"'

Look with care....

Bebo · 11-27-2003, 07:40 AM

Hello again, guys!

Remember our trouble to update the time in the bash prompt? I was following a link in a post, and ended up here. Look in the section Temperature/Battery info in the Bash prompt a bit down. It seems that PROMPT_COMMAND should do the trick

Oops, this seems to be old news... Sorry BSlack, I haven't tried your prompt, but I see that you use exactly this

Cheers!

melquiades · 11-27-2003, 08:23 AM

cheers bebo, I'm gonna have to have a look into that - on a related point either of you know why my root prompt when I 'su' has no colours? it's fine if I login root but if I su from my normal user account I don't get any colours, in the prompt or in listings etc? very wierd and I don't know what's causing it?!

Bebo · 11-27-2003, 08:29 AM

What happens if you use su - instead of su? The dash makes it a login shell.

melquiades · 11-27-2003, 08:49 AM

Ah-ha! works perfectly with 'su -' it's all in glorious techni-colour!

Thanks for that bebo, I think I'll alias 'su' to 'su -' and then that'll be another wee quirk sorted out

just had a quick read through the su man pages and I see the small but rather important difference

BSlack · 11-28-2003, 02:47 AM

A good starting point about bash prompt hacking is the Bash Prompt HOWTO:

http://www.gilesorr.com/bashprompt/howto/book1.html
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...WTO/index.html

but I think you already know it...

bye