Re: base-files 1.6 (source all) uploaded to master
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 03:56:08PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> I think the right thing to do is to leave the default prompts
> alone, and teach people how to set up prompts. There is no way you
> can cater to all tastes and all shells, people invariably change
> them, and anyway, we should make it easy for people to change
> prompts.
True!
> The defaults are functional, though not pretty. No one can
> agree on what is pretty. I think users should be allowed to make
> their own choices.
>
> I append my personal prompt setting scheme, in hopes this
> inspires someone else (any improvements greatly appreciated)
Manoj, have you considerd autoconf support for this beast ;)
Marcus
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