Re: Package configuration philosophy
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, [iso-8859-1] Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > # and $ are standard/expected prompts. if you want something different,
> > customise it yourself.
> He's right!!!! Debian should provide a nicer default for the prompt. Many
> people take this things into account when deciding which distribution they
> like best.
If someone is going to evaluate an entire distribution on a prompt (even
if there are other factors), I'm not going to be upset if they don't
choose Debian. Perhaps we could/should point people towards how to change
it, but I see NO reason to depart from the standard. If we did decide to
provide a fancy prompt, I'd bet the ensuing chatter about what it should
be would create more traffic than the regular noise about dselect's
supposedly impossible interface.
> > I like my own prompt of `PS1=(\h-\u) [\t] \w\$ ` (looks like:
> > "(siva-cas) [12:14:32] ~$ ") but I wouldnt force everyone else to use
> > it...it takes me 5 seconds on every new debian machine i build to edit
> > ~/.bashrc as needed.
>
> nick@newton:/usr/doc/fvwm2$ _
> newton:/usr/doc/fvwm2$ _
But, for those of you looking for custom prompts, here's mine (I use tcsh,
mileage using bash fuel may vary):
set prompt = " --> %d %T on %m : pwd is %~ \
tcsh%# "
which produces the following two line prompt, always ready at position 6:
--> Tue 21:17 on templinux : pwd is ~/files/personal
tcsh>
--Pete
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