From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 9 10:52:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27280 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:52:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vedanix.welearn.com.au (vedanix.welearn.com.au [203.35.200.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27275 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:52:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@vedanix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by vedanix.welearn.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA12791; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:55:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Message-ID: <19990110055504.32132@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:55:04 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pretty prompts Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message