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From: david@inform.co.nz (David Paulo)
Subject: Re: Esc sequences in prompts (why doesn't it work)
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 01:15:21 GMT
References: <1993Apr5.005712.15667@cs.aukuni.ac.nz><SIGNALS.93Apr5112617@krypton.Mankato.MSUS.EDU><1993Apr5.170600.24477@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <GOWEN.93Apr5161117@jade.tufts.edu>
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export PS1;PS1=`tput smul;echo "fred$\c";tput rmul`
works for me and is terminal independant
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