pprom 0.06 review

pprom (pronounced PEE-prom) is a Perl script that enables you to write your shell prompts in a simple shell-independent syntax, "comp

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 0K Developer: nkuitse

0

pprom (pronounced PEE-prom) is a Perl script that enables you to write your shell prompts in a simple shell-independent syntax, "compiling" prompts into the particular form required by the shell you use.

For example, say you want to set a simple prompt such as this:

user@host ~/path/to/the/current/directory >

To get this prompt in bash, you would have to use this syntax:

u@h w >

In csh, tcsh, or zsh, it would be this:

%n@%m %~ >

The pprom syntax for this prompt would be the same for either shell:

@user @at @host @space @cwd @space @gt

You can also use shell-dependent features, if you wish. For example, the symbol @sigil represents the character # (if root) or % (if non-root in csh) or $ (if non-root in bash), and the symbol @shell represents the name of the shell (e.g., bash or zsh).

pprom includes shell-specific configuration files for bash and csh.