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From: rcj@burl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What's your login prompt?
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Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 15:44:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 25 15:44:11 1983
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I run my terminal on inverse video, and my prompt used to be:

The MAD Programmer > 

with the "MAD" part in inverse-blinking.

I have now gotten more mundane with:

esh[?] 

where the ? is my depth level (in shells) starting with 0.
If I run an 'sh', the prompt comes back as:

sh[?]

with the proper depth level replacing the ?
This way, I always know whether or not I am in a subshell -- I escape
from the editor a lot and would forget to go back.

My secondary prompt is:

And? 

BTW, these prompts (and the entire command line) are set for
double-width, single-height on my vt102 so it is easy to distinguish
commands from results.
-- 

The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291)
alias: Curtis Jackson	...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj