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. > > > > >