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From: Bryce Porter <bporter@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Themes
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:31:36
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.21.0101252228510.9768-100000@x86.dyn.cheapnet.net
1 I have been working on an awesome bash prompt theming mechanism. I could
2 easily make a format to make color prompts using strings like $red for
3 red text, etc. And then i could even write a few sample bash prompt
4 themes. I have all the ANSI colors defined already, and assigned to thier
5 own unique variable.
6 Sounds like a cool idea to me.
7
8 Bryce
9
10 > Hmmm... I'm just thinking aloud here; I'm not even sure if it's a useful
11 > idea, nor am I sure
12 > that I can explain it satisfactorialy :/
13 > Ok, from the users perspective, it would look like this: A default
14 > configuration skeleton would
15 > be installed (a default ~/.bashrc etc), as it is currently. The user
16 > would then be able to apply, um, "themes" to their configuration - for
17 > example I like the highlight colour to be red, so I would find myself
18 > going through ~/.pinerc, ~/.lynxrc etc making them all look the same...
19 > the same applies to things like prompts, shells, editor of choice, my
20 > favorite mail program, /etc/hosts etc etc.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Themes Thomas Flavel <thomasfl@××××××××××××.uk>