Stephane Chazelas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:01:58AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > > > In tcsh %c can be used to only show the last few directory names in a > > path (also see the ellipsis variable). > > > > For example for this directory: > > > > /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random/ > > > > the prompt can look like this: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:...drivers/char/hw_random> > > > > when using: set prompt = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%c03%# " > > > > Given the tendency of directory hierarchies to get deeper, it is very > > useful to be able to see some more context, so it would be great if > > bash also supported something similar. > > Sure, this can be implemented by using shell commands to set the > > prompt, but it would be much nicer if it was built in. > [...] > > With bash, you could probably use the PROMPT_COMMAND special > variable.
I am aware of that, and I stated it in the paragraph above. The point of this message is to have something that can be used by default without much hacking by most users.
