Arne, There's an entry in the main Cygwin FAQ that may be of interest: <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC49>. Igor
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Arne Christian H�rseth wrote: > Hi! > > I am not an expert on bash and sh but I could only make the cygwin-sfree-fax > topic 4.7 and 4.8 work with sh, not bash, so I assume it should be corrected > as suggested in my mail below? > > Best regards > Arne H�rseth > > PS: I do not subscripe to this list. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold L Hunt II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Arne Christian H�rseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:07 AM > Subject: Re: Bug in Cygwin/XFree86 Frequently Asked Questions > > Arne, > > Can you send this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your suggestion seems > correct, but I would like other people to see it and add their thoughts. > > Thanks for contributing, > > Harold > > Arne Christian H�rseth wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I see that you have the last revision of the Cygwin/XFree86 Frequently > Asked > > Questions so I take the chance on sending this to you. Hope it is OK? > > > > I think there is a bug in > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-bash-extended-cha > > rs. > > The description in 4.7 and 4.8 is said to cover bash but it actually only > > works for sh. With bash you need to make a .bashrc instead of inputrc > > containing something like this: > > > > if test "$PS1" > > then > > PS1='\h(\u) \W \!\$ ' > > bind \ > > 'set meta-flag on' \ > > 'set convert-meta off' \ > > 'set output-meta on' \ > > 'set show-all-if-ambiguous on' \ > > 'set expand-tilde on' > > fi > > > > This also adds a nice prompt. > > > > Best regards > > Arne Christian H�rseth -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
