Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ho95b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ho95b!wcs From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (59576) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Funny prompts, anybody? Message-ID: <213@ho95b.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 16:48:11 EDT Article-I.D.: ho95b.213 Posted: Mon Oct 8 16:48:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 04:00:08 EDT References: <6040@mcvax.UUCP>, <281@ptsfa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 21>I kind'a like PS1="^^oo^^" >If you're really perverse try PS1="" or PS1="login:" My office mate uses " " and works on an HP terminal. This way he can use the ENTER key to resend a line (modified by local editing) and not get complaints about "$: not found". I work on three machines networked by DATAKIT. The default prompts are set to 'A$ ', 'B$ ', & 'C$ '. I use "a: ". I used 'A> ' for a while, which preserves a bit of continuity (my terminal is a PC), but I decided it was ugly. Bill -- Bill Stewart AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ ...!ihnp4!ho95b!wcs You don't usually expect that kind of behavior in a major appliance.