Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:54:48 +0200 From: Lonewolf <lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pretty prompts Message-ID: <19990111115448.A26972@apotheosis.za.org> In-Reply-To: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au>; from "Sue Blake" on Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 05:55:04AM References: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au>
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On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 05:55:04AM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > Years ago in DOS I went through a fancy prompt phase. It got really bad :-) > For example, one prompt put a blue stripe permanently along the top of > the screen that showed current directory, time, and whatever other junk > would fit, with a simple gold prompt mark in the main scrolling part. > > Now in my second newbiehood I'm wondering, can I do that sort of stuff > with FreeBSD? I can't find any clues in the sh or bash man pages (only > basic useful stuff, nothing senseless, fun, or psychadelic) so maybe > there's something else to learn? Take a look at BashPrompt: http://garson.grantstomb.com/bashprompt/ the original site seems to be down, but the mirror above still works. --lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org http://apotheosis.za.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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