Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: > Running: GNU Emacs 24.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601 > on win7 > Googling on `shell prompt' and PS1 in eshell... I'm not finding what I > want. > > I realize eshell may not have anything to do with PS1 variable but > thought there might be commentary about it in the documentation. > > When I run eshell, I do not have a shell prompt. Should I have?
You should, assuming you invoke with M-x eshell. > Or how can I create a shell prompt? What I do is install Cygwin and place this in my ~/.bashrc export SHELL='c:/usr/cygwin/bin/bash.exe' export COMSPEC='c:/usr/cygwin/bin/bash.exe' if [ "$TERM" != "emacs" ] then fancy_ps # some other bash function else PS1="\W$ " fi and then start a bash shell in Emacs with M-x shell. Sarir -- Sarir Khamsi software guy sarir.kha...@raytheon.com
