"Andy Tai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 3/29/06, Mark Flacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 2006.03.28 22:02, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>> > A colored $ or % would avoid the confusion I believe.
>>
>> Assuming, of course, that you are using a browser capable
>> of/configured to showing colors.
>> I think that not showing the prompt character at all avoids
>> confusion.  YMMV.

But would someone able to use a text-mode non-colored browser be
confused by the presence of a prompt?

> Yes, I think that is the best approach.

For single commands, it's OK, but how do you distinguish commands and
output then?

$ tla foo bar
foobar
boz
$ ...

seems very clear, while

tla foo bar
foobar
boz
...

is more than messy ...

-- 
Matthieu


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