taipan67 wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>> This is too cryptic. Use:
>>
>> NORMAL="\[\033[0;39m\]"
>> RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
>> GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
>>
I don't see \033 as preferable to \e, otherwise it looks OK.
Perhaps the bold/bright, '1' could be dropped, most others likely don't
use a white on black xterm as I do.
thus:
NORMAL="\[\e[0m\]"
RED="\[\e[31m\]"
GREEN="\[\e[32m\]"
Maybe single quotes, though there is nothing, as is, that bash will mangle.
Does anyone know why the escaped bracketing is required, it is.
It seems "\e[1;31m" should work but the cursor position and scrolling
get fouled.
>> if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
>> PS1="$RED\u [ $NORMAL\w$RED ]\$ $NORMAL"
>> else
>> PS1="$GREEN\u [ $NORMAL\w$GREEN ]\$ $NORMAL"
>> fi
>>
>> -- Bruce
>>
>>
> <snip> They also define 'normal' as "\[\033[00m\]" (not sure of
> the difference).
>
>
This seems incorrect to me, 00m is default mode, not a color. It does
however, set the default color and attribute. Either '\e[00m' or
'\e[0;39m' seem correct.
Reviewing this thread
http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-dev/2007-March/016818.html
it seems PS1 should not be exported, no decision was reached
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