Pretty prompt

[Steven Winikoff]

In <5270 at ryn.mro4.dec.com> shah at santur.tay1.dec.com (Amitabh Shah) writes:
                                            ^^^^

>Or better yet, get the latest version of tcsh, and use:

>set prompt="%~> "

>in your .login. You can do many other things with tcsh too!

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Don't tell me...   There are people at DEC who like tcsh???

I must be hallucinating!  Obviously this can't possibly be true.

Okay, I admit I'm being sarcastic.  However, the aforementioned "conclusion"
follows from the fact that vipw on Ultrix 4.1 has /bin/sh and /bin/csh coded
directly into it, leading one to believe that DEC also hates the Korn shell
(which is interesting, since this one is supplied with the system!).

What's going on, guys?  Will we ever return from the dark ages and simply
accept whatever happens to be in /etc/shells?  Isn't that what /etc/shells
is *for*????

I *like* tcsh myself.  Why can't I choose to use it as root on my single-user
workstation without having to write my own vipw?

I'm not a very happy camper on this issue.

- Steven

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