Re: Tweeking the PS1 (in ksh)

To: Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>, Netbsd-Users-List <netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: Tweeking the PS1 (in ksh)
From: MJ <mjose00%optusnet.com.au@localhost>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:22:43 +1000



On 16/06/2026 2:10 am, Todd Gruhn wrote:

Must be ksh -- stuff on website-pages
simpling dont work.

I want the prompt changed:

Black-text  on white background.
Text is "tgruhn$ "


This is what I would use.

PROMPT="%K{white}%F{black}%n@%m:%~> %f%k "

%n - your name
%m - your host

Play around.

Your ultimate guide to zsh (search for "PROMPT_PERCENT") for all the magic zsh stuff:

https://www.bash2zsh.com/zsh_refcard/refcard.pdf

Regards,
MJ


Thanks -- it seems to be so hard.

References:
- Tweeking the PS1 (in ksh)
  - From: Todd Gruhn

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