Paul Jarc wrote:
Matthew Woehlke <mw_tr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Actually, a feature that would be REALLY helpful is a way to specify
certain directory strings that should be abbreviated.
PS1='...$(mypath)...'
mypath() {
case $PWD/ in
/usr/local/src/kde/svn/trunk/*)
printf %s "${PWD/#\/usr\/local\/src\/kde\/svn\/trunk/\$src\$}";;
/usr/local/build/kde/svn/trunk/*)
printf %s "${PWD/#\/usr\/local\/build\/kde\/svn\/trunk/\$build\$}";;
*) printf %s "$PWD";;
esac
}
Yike. Okay, but if that's possible, what's the point of PROMPT_DIRTRIM? :-)
Anyway, I like this better:
PS1="...\$(mypath \"\w\")..."
:-)
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