Public bug reported:
This is more an enhancement request than a "bug" report, but it's not a
question either :)
This is from the vanilla bashrc on my Lubuntu Saucy beta: (bash
v4.2-5ubuntu3)
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
'
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
which aroused the following problem: when cat'ing a file, and a second one just
afterwards, it was impossible to determine (when scrolling in e. g. xterm)
where the one file ended and where the second file began.
Output was like this:
andy@somewhere:~$ cat silly0
foo
foo
bar
andy@somewhere:~$ cat silly1
bar
foo
foo
andy@somewhere:~$
Actually, it must be noted that each file were a few hundred lines long,
so scrolling was mandatory.
The result I'd like to get is:
andy@somewhere:~$ cat silly0
foo
foo
bar
andy@somewhere:~$ cat silly1
bar
foo
foo
andy@somewhere:~$
to let the different outputs "breathe" a little. This little amendment
to the default bash prompt improved a lot on my side, and reduced the
timely efforts of finding beginnings and endings of output.
Hence, the default line ought to be this:
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='\n${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
'
else
PS1='\n${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
Please think of users totally new to Ubuntu or its remixes who have no
idea where to "fix" this. This should be default.
** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: enhancement request usability
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bashrc: Please add newline to default PS1 bash prompt
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