From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: guix environment & PS1
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:02:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <idja8voj8se.fsf@bimsb-sys02.mdc-berlin.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fv5gj9je.fsf@gnu.org>
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> +(define (run-shell shell env-name)
>> + "Run the given SHELL, adding '(ENV-NAME) ' at the start of the prompt."
>> + (cond ((string=? shell "/bin/bash")
>> + (let* ((directory (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp"))
>> + (template (string-append directory "/guix-file.XXXXXX"))
>> + (out (mkstemp! template)))
>> + (format out "export PS1=\"(~a) $PS1\"" env-name)
>> + (flush-output-port out)
>> + (system (string-append "/bin/bash --rcfile " template))))
>
> What about this simpler idea: ‘guix environment’ would unconditionally
> do:
>
> (setenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT" "t")
>
> and then users can choose in their .bashrc to use a separate PS1 when
> GUIX_ENVIRONMENT is defined.
Would it be feasible to give "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT" the package name as a
value instead of just "t"?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-25 12:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-24 21:41 [PATCH] guix environment: add a '--env-name' option Cyril Roelandt
2015-06-25 11:45 ` guix environment & PS1 Ludovic Courtès
2015-06-25 12:02 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2015-06-25 13:04 ` Thompson, David
2015-06-25 13:28 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2015-06-25 20:00 ` Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
2015-06-25 20:40 ` Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
2015-06-29 8:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-06-29 10:04 ` Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
2015-06-25 13:02 ` Thompson, David
2015-07-01 13:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-07-01 13:59 ` Thompson, David
2015-07-01 17:07 ` Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
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