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Re: rxvt problem: Prompt doesn't look very nice


"Jonathan Arnold" wrote:
> 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, I will try that. Colors would be nice but I can live without them 
from inside emacs, I just want the path displayed correctly.

>
>> 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.
>
> -- 
> Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold at buddydog dot org)
> Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org
>
> I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
>  William H. Mauldin
>

/ M 




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