Moving to dev.
Ag. D. Hatzimanikas wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, at 09:07 Craig Jackson wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In BLFS-6.2, Chapter 3 - The Bash Startup Files, the
>> /etc/profile.d/extra-prompt.sh provides interesting results. I must
>> have had this problem a dozen times now, and since it is a simple fix
>> haven't reported it until now. As written, if the user follows the
>> entire instructions on the page to the letter, the following prompt is
>> produced:
>>
>> @viper : /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/#
>>
>> As soon as /etc/profile.d/extra-prompt.sh is removed, the prompt looks
>> much more readable and reasonable:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/#
>>
>> I looked hard for any warnings about this. I'm wondering what the
>> true purpose of the extra-prompt.sh script is. I'm a big fan of a
>> colorful but simple prompt, but this one seems broken in the way it is
>> implemented.
>>
>>
>
> To be honest I also find this script useless, even for demonstration.
> So if there is no objection I will remove this script from the
> "Bash Startup Files" page, unless someone has some use of it.
>
>
Well, it certainly yields a redundant prompt. Unless there is some
input or feedback to create an elegant composite prompt, we should lose
the extra-prompt script.
> Also, we had a discussion a while ago, to fix some issues in that same
> page.
>
I remember the discussion.
> For instance, we can set up different colors in prompt for root and for
> users (red and green respectively) and then to avoid exporting the
> PS1 variable as it was discussed in that old thread.
>
> Does this prompt (in /etc/profile) looks good to you? (it was suggested by
> David Jensen)
>
> if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
> PS1='\[\e[1;31m\]\u [ \[\e[00m\]\w \[\e[1;31m\]]\$ \[\e[00m\]'
> else
> PS1='\[\e[1;32m\]\u [ \[\e[00m\]\w \[\e[1;32m\]]\$ \[\e[00m\]'
> fi
>
>
As I said, in March, I think I stole the basics from 'Gentoo'. Though I
wrote an ansi emulator for 'BBS' browsing, it was 20 years ago, so I'd
like to see some feedback before using these.
> Comments for the prompt and the removal of the extra-prompt.sh script and
> additional suggestions for that same page are welcomed, especially since I
> am not using Bash and I am not really sure for the expected results.
>
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David Jensen
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