On Sat, Mar 17, at 09:32 David Jensen wrote:
> Ag. Hatzimanikas wrote:
> > would rather see a different color prompt for the root (red) and for
> > user (green maybe) - for obvious reasons.
> >
> > if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
> > PS1='\e[0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\e[0;39m\w\$ '
> > else
> > PS1='\e[0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\e[0;39m\w\$ '
> > fi
> >
> >
> hmmm, those confuse my cursor, especially in history. Up-arrow is
> really a crap shoot.
>
> I use this, cobbled up from an old, (really old) Gentoo I believe.
>
> PS1='\[\e[1;32m\]\u [ \[\e[00m\]\w \[\e[1;32m\]]\$ \[\e[00m\]'
>
>
> I don't know why the escaped bracing helps.
> Also the'\e[00m' restores default rather than the \e[0;39m you have used.
> '1;' I use for bright colors.
>
> whatever
Hi David,
and thanks for the report.
I am not qualified to comment about bash.
Could you take care of this?
Also if you do, have a look to #2314 which is relative. It's assigned to
Dan, but he send us a letter that he will be out of town and I know for
sure he wouldn't have any objection.
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