Re: On prompt in shell mode

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:02:27 +0200 Angelo Graziosi wrote:

> works, but
>
>    (setenv "PS1" "address@hidden \w\n$ ")
>
> doesn't: Emacs starts with errors:
>
>    "An error has occurred while loading '[...]/.emacs':
>     error: Non-hex digit used for Unicode escape"

You have to quote the backslash with another backslash (the lisp reader
interprets it special in strings): "address@hidden \\w\\n$".

How about:

if [ "x$EMACS" = xt ]; then
   # set up your prompt for M-x shell.
else
   # fancy prompt for real terminals.
fi

in ~/.bashrc.

David