Enhancing the user experience with tcsh

From: Eitan Adler <lists_at_eitanadler.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:52:58 -0500
In conf/160689 (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=160689)
there has been some discussion about changing the default cshrc file.

I'd like to commit something like the following based on Chris's patch
at the end of the thread. This post is an attempt to open the change
to wider discussion.

commit dbe6cb730686dd53af7d06cc9b69b60e6e55549c
diff --git a/etc/root/dot.cshrc b/etc/root/dot.cshrc
--- a/etc/root/dot.cshrc
+++ b/etc/root/dot.cshrc
_at__at_ -7,9 +7,10 _at__at_

 alias h		history 25
 alias j		jobs -l
-alias la	ls -a
+alias la	ls -aF
 alias lf	ls -FA
-alias ll	ls -lA
+alias ll	ls -lAF
+alias ls	ls -F

 # A righteous umask
 umask 22
_at__at_ -17,19 +18,24 _at__at_ umask 22
 set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin
/usr/local/bin $HOME/bin)

 setenv	EDITOR	vi
-setenv	PAGER	more
+setenv	PAGER	less
 setenv	BLOCKSIZE	K

 if ($?prompt) then
 	# An interactive shell -- set some stuff up
 	set prompt = "`/bin/hostname -s`# "
 	set filec
-	set history = 100
-	set savehist = 100
+	set history = 10000
+	set savehist = 10000
+	set autolist
+	# Use history to aid expansion
+	set autoexpand
 	set mail = (/var/mail/$USER)
 	if ( $?tcsh ) then
 		bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word
 		bindkey -k up history-search-backward
 		bindkey -k down history-search-forward
 	endif
+	set prompt = "[%n_at_%m]%c04%# "
+	set promptchars = "%#"
 endif

-- 
Eitan Adler
Received on Thu Feb 09 2012 - 23:53:30 UTC

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