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From: noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: ksh prompt
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.234706.15343@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 23:47:06 GMT
Sender: noraa@cbnewsk.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Thanks to Ihor Kinal, I've set PS1 so that it prints in reverse video on
my terminal.  This is what I have in my .profile:

           export RMSO=`tput rmso`
           export SMSO=`tput smso`
           export PS1='${SMSO}${SYSNAME} ${PWD#HOME/}-> ${RMSO} '

Yes, it can get long if the path to where you are at is long, but that
doesn't bother me.  What I like is that when I am running windows or
layers I can immediately tell where I am at in a window.  No need for
pwd.  Also, I can tell which machine I am logged on to in the window or
layer (as long as I put the above lines in all my .profiles on the
machines that I routinely work on.  I know there are many ways to get
this same information and have it displayed in X Windows, but I like to
be consistent across machines.

Anyway, try this out - you might like it.

Aaron L. Hoffmeyer
TR@CBNEA.ATT.COM