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ryuuzaki

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Registered: 2008-09-22

Posts: 10

urxvt customization, where to start

i found this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vr/2964672054/sizes/l/

as you can see his username is at the top right, and the input prompt is after the "-->". I've been searching around google, but i just don't know what to type in, i type "changing command line symbol, urxvt", "customize '$', '#' signs in urxvt" but it just gives me peoples Xdefaults settings, and i can't find what i'm looking for.

Is there any way i can make my urxvt terminal look like that guy's from the link provided. I've seen people with crazier ones in deviantart but to some reason i cant find the pics any more .
A guide/tutorial or anything that can put me on the right direction would be very helpful

thnx in advance.

Last edited by ryuuzaki (2009-02-18 12:20:47)

peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

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Re: urxvt customization, where to start

Has to do with the shell, not the terminal emulator. There's a wiki article for bash: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt

whukes

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Registered: 2008-07-18

Posts: 34

Re: urxvt customization, where to start

Check out this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50885

Ashren

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2007-06-13

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Re: urxvt customization, where to start

What you see in that pic is zsh, which is a very flexible shell indeed.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh

Last edited by Ashren (2009-02-18 21:37:51)

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webframp

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Registered: 2008-11-15

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Re: urxvt customization, where to start

it is possible to use zsh's precmd() function to setup information needed to then build a very customized prompt. In addition zsh uses PROMPT, RPROMPT and PS2 environment variable which can be customized using normal zsh scripting methods.

take a look here for a really customized example: http://aperiodic.net/phil/prompt/

ryuuzaki

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Registered: 2008-09-22

Posts: 10

Re: urxvt customization, where to start

awesome u guys delivered as expected. Thank you for the links