Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!ejkst From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: ARP "prompt" command bug Message-ID: <10216@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 21:02:35 GMT References: <329@hocpa.UUCP> Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 23 In article <329@hocpa.UUCP> rusty@hocpa.att.com (91341-M.W.HADDOCK) writes: >When putting %p into the prompt string anything that follows >it is not displayed. For example, if I type the command > prompt "[%p] --->" >what will appear for the next prompt (if my current directory is RAM:) >is > [RAM:> I've noticed this, too. I find it irritating because I would like to have my prompt be in a different color. The escape sequence to change to color 2 is printed, but not the sequence to switch back to color 1, so my text all comes out in color 2. -- ------------ Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP