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derek martinn wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:53:12AM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
> > a few days ago derek martin gave the following as a prompt:
> >
> > PS1="\[\033]2;${chroot}\u@\h \W\007\][${chroot}\u@\h \w]\n\\$ "
> >
> > good stuff -- i always wanted to be able to put the current
> > host into the title bar.  where can i read more about the
> > protocol involved using brackets, octal numbers, etc.

> The brackets and octals are codes interpreted directly by
> the terminal.  You can look up xterm/vt101 control codes to
> get them.  I did a web search ages ago to get the basics for
> that particular incantation, and I've just modified it to
> suit my preferences.

me too -- found it, not an easy read -- but good, though.

> If you want the full path to your home directory to be
> displayed, try replacing \w (or \W) with "\$PWD" instead...
> I believe that works.

indeed it do.  thanks.

ole dan

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