Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

Misfit138 · 2007-11-02 02:27:32

I have found this in the wiki to be pleasing to the eye: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pos … p_your_PS1
But it only works in X terminal emulators, not in the runlevel 3 console. I do have colorized output from pacman and man pages in runlevel 3, using the same guide, but my PS1 is still dull white. How do I fix this?

Last edited by Misfit138 (2007-11-02 23:48:24)

Gilneas · 2007-11-02 03:20:15

I didn't know of this method, I do know of something like PS1="\[\033[31mfoobar\[\033[m ".

hybrid · 2007-11-02 15:33:40

Use ANSI-color codes instead of that weird thing that they do in that wiki-entry. (as Gilneas kind of mentioned too)

WyoPBS · 2007-11-02 15:50:34

hybrid wrote:

Use ANSI-color codes instead of that weird thing that they do in that wiki-entry. (as Gilneas kind of mentioned too)

Also remember to use \[ at the beginning and \] at the end of each color string. Otherwise, bash will miscount the number of characters displayed in a prompt, and wrapping will be weird:
\[\e[1;33m\]\w>\[\e[0m\]

Another thing to remember is, xterm kills your PS1 prompt so you have to reload it every time you open an xterm session.

To that end, I put my PS1 definition in ~/.bashrc and make sure that the logon script /etc/profile calls ~/.bashrc. That way PS1 is defined both when I first log on to the TTY console, and every time I open an xterm window.

Misfit138 · 2007-11-02 23:48:02

Thanks to all. Got it working perfectly now.

Misfit138 · 2007-11-03 01:02:38

Added to the wikipage:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Col … 7s_Prompts
Try them out. Enjoy!

Gilneas · 2007-11-03 01:37:59

My PS1 is "--> ", and I love it

Misfit138 · 2007-11-03 02:09:03

Hehe. Minimalism is good.

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#1 2007-11-02 02:27:32

Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#2 2007-11-02 03:20:15

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#3 2007-11-02 15:33:40

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#4 2007-11-02 15:50:34

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#5 2007-11-02 23:48:02

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#6 2007-11-03 01:02:38

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

#7 2007-11-03 01:37:59

Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

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Re: Color PS1 in runlevel 3 -how? [SOLVED\]

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