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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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