From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
To: The rc Mailing List <rc@archone.tamu.edu>
Subject: Re: early reaction(s) to rc
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1991 21:33:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <91Aug26.223320edt.2699@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: arnold's message of Fri, 23 Aug 91 12:24:20 -0400. <9108231224.AA01376@skeeve.ATL.GA.US>
Arnold writes:
| Byron has told me in private mail he doesn't think the shell should
| automatically change prompts for root. I disagree, but not terribly
| strongly. My own suggestion for a root prompt would be ';; '.
If rc is going to automatically change my prompt when I'm root, I
should darn well be able to tell it what to. How about prompt(3) and
prompt(4), if present?
It isn't truly necessary, as one can always play around with a prompt
function that checks for various indications of root-ness (the cheap
one I've used before is a HOME of /).
- cks
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1991-08-27 2:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1991-08-23 16:24 Arnold D. Robbins
1991-08-27 2:33 ` Chris Siebenmann [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1991-08-27 6:24 Paul Haahr
1991-08-27 7:15 ` Chris Siebenmann
1991-08-27 10:22 ` Boyd Roberts
1991-08-23 20:47 Arnold D. Robbins
1991-08-24 0:15 ` John Mackin
1991-08-24 3:48 ` John Mackin
1991-08-23 16:51 DaviD W. Sanderson
1991-08-23 17:07 ` Boyd Roberts
1991-08-23 1:36 new list subscriber Byron Rakitzis
1991-08-23 13:40 ` early reaction(s) to rc John Mackin
1991-08-27 2:28 ` Chris Siebenmann
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