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From: geoffrey@netins.net (geoffrey alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Customizing csh
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 02:02:41 -0500
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In article <ylurafh3e5s.fsf@pc-servicej.rd.hydro.on.ca>, Jim Service
<jservice@pc-servicej.rd.hydro.on.ca> wrote:
> conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
>
> >
> > In article <5kkcqt$2e5@news.mel.aone.net.au>,
> > nigel@palms.nq.net (Nigel Gorry) writes:
> > >
> > > "Chris Taylor" <cstaylor@dawtech.com> wrote:
> > >> I would like to see some examples of csh.cshrc, csh.login and .cshrc
files.
> > >> For one, I would really like to know how to set the prompt to show the
> > >> current working directory, a problem that continues to allude me.
Thanks.
> > >
> > > alias cd 'chdir \!* && set prompt="${cwd}$ "'
> > > set prompt="${cwd}$ "
> >
> > I like to include a `whoami`: at the beginning of the prompt, too, so I
> > don't have to guess if I'm conrads or "su"ed to root.
> >
> > --
> > Conrad Sabatier
> > http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads
> >
>
> Why not use tcsh instead? There is a lot of customization one can do with
> the prompt and have command line editing, too.
>
> % set prompt='%T|%h(1)/@%M:%~%# '
> 16:22|94(1)/@pc-servicej:~>
I was a diehard tcsh fan myself until I found the joys of the zsh -- both
are in the ports and packages collection and there is a terrific zsh besite
as well, so you can try them both out.
Geoff Alexander