I set a prompt string in the root .cshrc file of a system and wanted it to ring the terminal bell on each new shell prompt. Instead, I get the representation of the \a expression as a control character as in ^g appearing on the screen instead of the VT100 emulation receiving the ASCII 7 character to beep the terminal. If I type a Control-G, I do hear a bell, but if I include it in the prompt string, it always gets translated in to ^g. What do I need to look at to change this behavior?
The prompt string in question is: set prompt="\a\!# " I did try set prompt="`echo `\!# " with exactly the same results. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"