Re: On prompt in shell mode

[Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>]

Just for completeness...

David Hansen wrote:

> How about:
> 
> if [ "x$EMACS" = xt ]; then
>    # set up your prompt for M-x shell.
> else
>    # fancy prompt for real terminals.
> fi

Well, it works just fine on GNU/Linux but not on Cygwin!

On Cygwin, it seems that only the 'else' branch is followed. Indeed using

if [ "x$EMACS" = xt ]; then
# set up your prompt for M-x shell.
PS1='OK1> '
else
# fancy prompt for real terminals.
PS1='OK2> '
fi

both terminals (rxvt, mrxvt, urxvt, xterm...) and Emacs 'M-x shell' have

OK2>

!!! but...

M-x shell

OK2> echo $EMACS
t


Cheers,
    Angelo.