I know, but TCSH SUXOR :P (I have tcsh by default under Solaris :-( need to launch bash whenever I want to do something with more than one line :^)) François. En réponse à "Balint, Jess" <JBalint@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > the TCSH default prompt is '>' for a user. > > -----Original Message----- > From: François Revol [mailto:revol@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:51 AM > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos] Re: . or no . > > > I agree here... > And btw '>' is a DOS style prompt :p For *nix stuff it should be $, > or # for root. Mine is: > \033[0;1m[$USER@$HOSTNAME $PWD]$\033[0m > :-) > For default .profile... well just make a /etc/profile that is the > default > one. > Btw if newbies want to look at shell, lets just make them do it, the > right > way, hands on, not with yet another GUI wrapper. > > En réponse à Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > >In the spirt of Be, I'd suggest having a GUI system for this, with > a > > >selection of "common" shell prefs, easly editable and simple, > > complete > > >"joe-I-feed-my-mouse-bloggs" friendly. > > > > Hang on a second... > > I agree that the shell is ... somewhat challenging for newbies. > > The whole point of having a GUI is so that newbies don't have to use > the > > shell. > > Let's not over-engineer this too much. Will having easier shell > > preferences make a newbies life easier? I don't think so. I think > that > > it is something else to look at, understand and deal with. Newbies > > shouldn't see the shell at all. Only we, hardened, Unix veterans > should. > > ;-) > > > > >I might have a go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >