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Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``?

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On 9/2/21 5:45 PM, piorunz wrote:
> On 03/09/2021 01:34, David Wright wrote:
>> (I use my own customisations for distinct colours on each host,
>> and inverse colours for root's prompt.)
> 
> Can you please share your root prompt invocation? Thanks!
> 

In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red prompt including host and
full path followed by a new line.  This leaves more room for a long
command when the full path is long.

export PS1='\[\e[1;31m\]\h:\w\$\[\e[0m\]\n'

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Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-09-03 02:20 +0200
  Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-03 02:40 +0200
    Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-09-03 03:10 +0200
    Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-03 03:50 +0200
      Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? Mark Neyhart <Mark.Neyhart@akleg.gov> - 2021-09-03 22:00 +0200
        Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples) Intense Red <intnsred@golgotha.net> - 2021-09-05 07:30 +0200
          Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples) Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-09-05 14:20 +0200
          Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt  examples) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-05 15:10 +0200
            Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples) Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-09-05 15:40 +0200
              Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt  examples) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-05 15:50 +0200
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        Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-05 15:10 +0200
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    Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-09-05 18:50 +0200
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