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From: | "Mikael" <mindcooler AT gmail DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: rxvt problem: Prompt doesn't look very nice |
Date: | Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:46:34 +0100 |
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"Jonathan Arnold" wrote: > Mikael wrote: >> Hello, I just tried rxvt because I wanted to replace the hopeless cmd >> window. However, the "prompt" (not sure that is the correct word) doesn't >> look very nice, here it is copied and pasted: >> \[\033]0;\w\007 >> \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] >> $ >> It looks similar, if not the same, as the result when I tried to set bash >> as the default shell for a native Windows Emacs cvs version. I guess the >> \[\033]0;\w\007 >> \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] should display the cwd if it was >> working correctly, yes? > > These are ansi escape sequences, which won't work "inside" emacs, because > it isn't an ANSI terminal. > I really really hope that someone makes it work some day (I wish I had the knowledge to contribute), because it's on my top-three list of outstanding issues I have with Cygwin (admittedly indirectly in this case because I use a native Emacs version). My other issues mostly revolve around being unable to build certain program ootb on cygwin. > As for rxvt, those should work just fine. See this FAQ for a little bit > more info and a pointer to the rxvt docs: > > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC65 > > -- Thanks for the link, now it looks much better. Now I just need to find a font I like. Thanks for replying so quickly Jonathan with such excellent help, it helps make this world a kinder place. > Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold at buddydog dot org) > Amazing Developments http://www.buddydog.org > > I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. - > William H. Mauldin > / M PS. I edited your signature because I was afraid to quote raw email addresses when replying. Please forgive me. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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