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Many thanks to all of you for your help!!!! 

For those who want to know:
Customizing the prompt for root (with a red prompt) is:
set prompt="%{\e[1;31m%}@%m:%~# %{\e[m%}"

As you might notice for csh you have to replace the \[ \] with %{ %}



> > 
> > $ export PS1="\[\e[1;31m\]@%m:%~# \[\e[m\]"