191 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
191 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
<HTML
|
|
><HEAD
|
|
><TITLE
|
|
>Loading a Different Prompt, Later</TITLE
|
|
><META
|
|
NAME="GENERATOR"
|
|
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
|
|
REL="HOME"
|
|
TITLE="Bash Prompt HOWTO"
|
|
HREF="index.html"><LINK
|
|
REL="UP"
|
|
TITLE="Loading a Different Prompt"
|
|
HREF="c641.html"><LINK
|
|
REL="PREVIOUS"
|
|
TITLE="Loading a Different Prompt"
|
|
HREF="c641.html"><LINK
|
|
REL="NEXT"
|
|
TITLE="Loading a Different Prompt, Immediately"
|
|
HREF="x655.html"></HEAD
|
|
><BODY
|
|
CLASS="SECT1"
|
|
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
|
|
TEXT="#000000"
|
|
LINK="#0000FF"
|
|
VLINK="#840084"
|
|
ALINK="#0000FF"
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
|
|
><TABLE
|
|
SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
|
CELLPADDING="0"
|
|
CELLSPACING="0"
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TH
|
|
COLSPAN="3"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
>Bash Prompt HOWTO: </TH
|
|
></TR
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="10%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="c641.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="P"
|
|
>Prev</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="80%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
>Chapter 9. Loading a Different Prompt</TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="10%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="x655.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="N"
|
|
>Next</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
></TABLE
|
|
><HR
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="SECT1"
|
|
><H1
|
|
CLASS="SECT1"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN643"
|
|
></A
|
|
>9.1. Loading a Different Prompt, Later</H1
|
|
><P
|
|
>The explanations in this HOWTO have shown how to make PS1 environment
|
|
variables, or how to incorporate those PS1 and PS2 strings into functions
|
|
that could be called by ~/.bashrc or as a theme by the bashprompt
|
|
package.</P
|
|
><P
|
|
>Using the bashprompt package, you would type <TT
|
|
CLASS="USERINPUT"
|
|
><B
|
|
>bashprompt
|
|
-i</B
|
|
></TT
|
|
> to see a list of available themes. To set the prompt in
|
|
future login shells (primarily the console, but also telnet and Xterms,
|
|
depending on how your Xterms are set up), you would type
|
|
<TT
|
|
CLASS="USERINPUT"
|
|
><B
|
|
>bashprompt -l themename</B
|
|
></TT
|
|
>.
|
|
<B
|
|
CLASS="COMMAND"
|
|
>bashprompt</B
|
|
> then modifies your
|
|
<TT
|
|
CLASS="FILENAME"
|
|
>~/.bash_profile</TT
|
|
> to call the requested theme when
|
|
it starts. To set the prompt in future subshells (usually Xterms, rxvt,
|
|
etc.), you type <TT
|
|
CLASS="USERINPUT"
|
|
><B
|
|
>bashprompt -s themename</B
|
|
></TT
|
|
>, and
|
|
bashprompt modifies your <TT
|
|
CLASS="FILENAME"
|
|
>~/.bashrc</TT
|
|
> file to call
|
|
the appropriate theme at startup. </P
|
|
><P
|
|
>See also <A
|
|
HREF="setps.html"
|
|
>Section 2.6</A
|
|
> for
|
|
Johan Kullstam's note regarding the importance of putting the PS?
|
|
strings in ~/.bashrc .</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
|
|
><HR
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
|
|
SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
|
CELLPADDING="0"
|
|
CELLSPACING="0"
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="c641.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="P"
|
|
>Prev</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="index.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="H"
|
|
>Home</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="x655.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="N"
|
|
>Next</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
>Loading a Different Prompt</TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="c641.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="U"
|
|
>Up</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
>Loading a Different Prompt, Immediately</TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
></TABLE
|
|
></DIV
|
|
></BODY
|
|
></HTML
|
|
> |