Re: Set PS1 on login?

2018-06-12 Thread Michael Albinus
yary writes: > ...you can pass information in the TERM environment variable, which is > always copied (there may be a length limit however). You'll still have > to make sure that the remote shell doesn't restrict the TERM variable > to designate a known terminal type. Pass the -t option to ssh

Re: Set PS1 on login?

2018-06-12 Thread John Collins
Thanks for the fast responses. Apologies, I should have red the man page more carefully. That looks like a good solution. On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 10:03 AM yary wrote: > Or better see >

Re: Set PS1 on login?

2018-06-11 Thread yary
Or better see https://superuser.com/questions/163167/when-sshing-how-can-i-set-an-environment-variable-on-the-server-that-changes-f ...you can pass information in the TERM environment variable, which is always copied (there may be a length limit however). You'll still have to make sure that the

Re: Set PS1 on login?

2018-06-11 Thread Michael Albinus
John Collins writes: > Hello, Hi John, > Happy (mostly) tramp user here that is also very new to it. As someone > working with remote machines that I do not own or control, TRAMPs > inability to handle fancy prompts is highly crippling. It's stated in > the FAQ that "tramp needs a clean