On 7 Oct, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 07 October 2004 12:44 pm, Don Lewis wrote: >> This is what I use: >> >> set prompt = '%m:%c4 %h%#' >> if ($?TERM && $TERM == xterm) then >> set prompt='%{\033]0;%n_at_%m:%c5\007%}%m:%c %h%#' >> endif >> >> It adds the last few components of $cwd and the history event number to >> the prompt. When running in an xterm, it puts the username, hostname, >> and the last part of $cwd in the xterm title. > > You can use the precmd alias for that. Here's my .tcshrc.interactive file > that I use for interactive sessions: > set prompt="\n[%B%P%b] (%l) %B%n_at_%m%b:%.03\n%# " > if (($term =~ xterm*) || ($term == eterm)) then > alias precmd 'echo -n "]2;${USER}_at_${HOST}:$cwd"' > # XXX - stupid tcsh processes this for subshells! > #alias jobcmd 'echo -n "]2;${USER}_at_${HOST}:$cwd - \!#"' > #cwdcmd > endif I don't see any advantage to using precmd for this at least one disadvantage - with precmd, you can't use %c# to limit the length of the path printed in the title. It looks like cwdcmd would be a useful optimization if there was some way to handle exiting or suspending a remote shell session.Received on Thu Oct 07 2004 - 18:13:39 UTC
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