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Re: Prompt issue within cygwin
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted.
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Zach Gelnett wrote:
> On 1/23/06, Igor Peshansky <pechtcha@XX.XXX.XXX> wrote:
Again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> > Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted.
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Zach Gelnett wrote:
> >
> > > On 1/23/06, Igor Peshansky <pechtcha@XX.XXX.XXX> wrote:
> >
> > <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> >
> > > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Zach Gelnett wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Here is what i am seeing:
> > > > >
> > > > > v468929@TRD-CAX40JXD ~> >
> > > > >
> > > > > the duplicate ">" is the issue. Here is my PS1:
> > > > >
> > > > > \[\033]61;\u@\H\007\u@\H \W>
> > > > >
> > > > > as you can see, only a single ">"
> > > > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > > Also, ESC] doesn't look like a valid ANSI escape sequence. What
> > > > exactly are you trying to accomplish with your prompt?
> >
> > [snip]
> > If that was all you wanted, you could have set PS1 to '\u@\H \W>'. Your
> > prompt tries to do more than that. I'm still unsure of what the initial
> > sequence of non-printing characters in your prompt is for.
>
> Those characters work with mrxvt to cause the tab name to have the
> appropriate user@host value.
Ah. Ok, that explains it. Good to know. Thanks.
Igor
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