changing the shell and editor

[Marcel.lautenbach]

Guten Tag Kevin Reiter,

am Donnerstag, 26. August 2004 um 21:53 schrieben Sie:

KR> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:58:44 +0200, Marcel.lautenbach <freebsd at xtsy.de> wrote:

>> now i use the bash shell. but, i am not able to change my enviroment
>> variables anymore. trying "set EDITOR emacs" did not work. when ich
>> echo my editor variable, it is empty. though i have changed my shell
>> back to csh in the /etc/master.password file, when i log on i still
>> use the bash.

KR> If you want to use bash (as I do) and set all your environmental
KR> variables, here's the .bashrc I use:

KR> # .bashrc
KR> # Excerpts from "The Complete FreeBSD"

KR> umask 022
KR> export EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee
KR> export MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man
KR> export PAGER=less
KR> export SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash
KR> export
KR> PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X1
KR> 1R6/bin

KR> # Get my favorite prompt:
KR> PS1="\u@\h [\w]\\$ "
KR> PS2="\u@\h \! "

KR> # Make sure I have a $DISPLAY:
KR> if [ "$DISPLAY" = "" ]; then
KR>   export DISPLAY=:0
KR> fi

KR> # Custom aliases go here:
KR> alias ls='ls -CFG'

KR> # -- End .bashrc --

KR> For the bash shell, you'll need .bashrc and .bash_profile in your $HOME

KR> If you want colorized dir listings, like in Linux, you'll also need
KR> .dir_colors in addition to the other 2.  I've uploaded samples (the
KR> ones I use) to http://penguinnetwerx.net/bsdfiles/bash_files.tar

KR> You'll need to make them executable in order for them to work upon
KR> your next login.  You don't need to edit any other files in order to
KR> set environmental variables on your box except for those files.  You
KR> might also want to rename all the other shell files (.profile, etc.)
KR> in your homedir, unless you plan on switching back and forth between
KR> shells.

KR> HTH

KR> ~/kevin

hey kevin,

well, i have copied your dir_color file in my home directory, made it
executable and also copied to my /etc folder later, but either way, i
don't get a colored listing :-(
what did i do wrong?

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