9.1. Loading a Different Prompt, Later
The explanations in this HOWTO have shown how to make PS1 environment
variables, or how to incorporate those PS1 and PS2 strings into functions
that could be called by ~/.bashrc or as a theme by the bashprompt
package.
Using the bashprompt package, you would type bashprompt
-i to see a list of available themes. To set the prompt in
future login shells (primarily the console, but also telnet and Xterms,
depending on how your Xterms are set up), you would type
bashprompt -l themename.
bashprompt then modifies your
~/.bash_profile to call the requested theme when
it starts. To set the prompt in future subshells (usually Xterms, rxvt,
etc.), you type bashprompt -s themename, and
bashprompt modifies your ~/.bashrc file to call
the appropriate theme at startup.
See also Section 2.6 for
Johan Kullstam's note regarding the importance of putting the PS?
strings in ~/.bashrc .
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