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"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> When logged in on a remote machine I have the following prompt:
>
>   [09:15:09] loris@pi (1000) ~
>   $ echo $PS1
>   \[\033]2;\u@\h\a\]\[\e[35m\][\t] \[\e[31m\]\u@\h \[\e[36m\](\!) \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[34m\]\[\033[0m\]\n$
>
> When I access a file on the remote machine via TRAMP and then do 'M-x
> shell', I get:
>
>   ^[]2;loris@pi^G[09:42:03] loris@pi (30) ~
>   $ echo $PS1
>   \[\033]2;\u@\h\a\]\[\e[35m\][\t] \[\e[31m\]\u@\h \[\e[36m\](\!) \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[34m\]\[\033[0m\]\n$
>
> where ^[ and ^G are the non-printable characters  and  respectively.
>
> I see that here:
>
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/#Remote-shell-setup
>
> the way to reset the prompt via ~/.emacs_SHELLNAME is described.
>
> However, I was wondering if there is just a simple way to prevent TRAMP
> from adding a default prompt to the front of the existing prompt (if,
> indeed, that is what is happening).
>
> Does anyone one have any advice?

Looking again I see that PS1 isn't changed, so the difference is
probably due to the way the prompt is interpreted by the terminal.

First I need to work out what the first instance of '\u@\h' is there
for, as it's been a few years since I set it up.

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