From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2xhZXMgV2FsbGluICjpn4vlmInoqqAp?= Subject: Re: guix environment & PS1 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 19:07:20 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1435182094-13537-1-git-send-email-tipecaml@gmail.com> <87fv5gj9je.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4j0t45k.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8fb1ec281bde140519d35b7c Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46118) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZALTr-0001Wi-TB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:07:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZALTo-0001y2-JA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:07:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Thompson Cc: guix-devel --e89a8fb1ec281bde140519d35b7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jul 1, 2015 4:02 PM, "Thompson, David" wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote= : > > I reckon it has the unfortunate property of not working out of the box > > (except on GuixSD.) I=E2=80=99m sure many tools these days would choos= e to > > hard-code a fancy colored PS1; while I prefer things that work out of > > the box, I=E2=80=99m not comfortable with hard-coding such things. > > > > Thoughts? > > I agree with you. I'd rather not hard-code some fancy PS1. Leaving power PS1 to power users is the reasonable thing to do. Colored path and username etc is fine, but every user has their own ideas on where git branch and other things ought to go. --e89a8fb1ec281bde140519d35b7c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Jul 1, 2015 4:02 PM, "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu> wr= ote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

> > I reckon it has the unfortunate property of not wo= rking out of the box
> > (except on GuixSD.)=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m sure many tools these days = would choose to
> > hard-code a fancy colored PS1; while I prefer things that work ou= t of
> > the box, I=E2=80=99m not comfortable with hard-coding such things= .
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> I agree with you.=C2=A0 I'd rather not hard-code some fancy PS1.

Leaving power PS1 to power users is the reasonable thing to = do. Colored path and username etc is fine, but every user has their own ide= as on where git branch and other things ought to go.

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