[Techtalk] coloured prompts

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 11:36:12AM -0400, Teri Solow wrote:
> You need to escape the bell character too, as it doesn't get displayed, per se, on the screen:
> export PS1="\[\e[0;33m\]\h:\w \t $ \[\e[0m\]\[\a\]"

Aha! I didn't realize I'd put a bell in at the end. Removing (or escaping)
the bell fixed everything!

thanks everyone :)

emma

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