colorizing and revamping bash prompt

bash/colordefs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Color definitions to use in prompts (taken from Bashish).
+# http://bashish.sourceforge.net/
+
+DULL=0
+BRIGHT=1
+
+FG_BLACK=30
+FG_RED=31
+FG_GREEN=32
+FG_YELLOW=33
+FG_BLUE=34
+FG_VIOLET=35
+FG_CYAN=36
+FG_WHITE=37
+
+FG_NULL=00
+
+BG_BLACK=40
+BG_RED=41
+BG_GREEN=42
+BG_YELLOW=43
+BG_BLUE=44
+BG_VIOLET=45
+BG_CYAN=46
+BG_WHITE=47
+
+BG_NULL=00
+
+##
+# ANSI Escape Commands
+##
+ESC="\033"
+NORMAL="\[$ESC[m\]"
+RESET="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_WHITE};${BG_NULL}m\]"
+
+##
+# Shortcuts for Colored Text ( Bright and FG Only )
+##
+
+# DULL TEXT
+
+BLACK="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_BLACK}m\]"
+RED="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_RED}m\]"
+GREEN="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_GREEN}m\]"
+YELLOW="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_YELLOW}m\]"
+BLUE="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_BLUE}m\]"
+VIOLET="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_VIOLET}m\]"
+CYAN="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_CYAN}m\]"
+WHITE="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_WHITE}m\]"
+
+# BRIGHT TEXT
+BRIGHT_BLACK="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_BLACK}m\]"
+BRIGHT_RED="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_RED}m\]"
+BRIGHT_GREEN="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_GREEN}m\]"
+BRIGHT_YELLOW="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_YELLOW}m\]"
+BRIGHT_BLUE="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_BLUE}m\]"
+BRIGHT_VIOLET="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_VIOLET}m\]"
+BRIGHT_CYAN="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_CYAN}m\]"
+BRIGHT_WHITE="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_WHITE}m\]"
+
+# REV TEXT as an example
+REV_CYAN="\[$ESC[${DULL};${BG_WHITE};${BG_CYAN}m\]"
+REV_RED="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_YELLOW}; ${BG_RED}m\]"
+
+PROMPT_COMMAND='export ERR=$?'
+

bash/general → bash/config

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ test -n "$INTERACTIVE" && {
     #
     _shorthost="$(echo $HOST|perl -p -e 's/^([^.]+\.[^.]+).*$/$1/;s/\.local//;')"
 
+    ESC="\033"
+    BRIGHT=1
+    FG_RED=31
+    BRIGHT_RED="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_RED}m\]"
+
+    RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
+    BROWN="\[\033[0;33m\]"
+    GREY="\[\033[0;97m\]"
+    BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
+    PS_CLEAR="\[\033[0m\]"
+    SCREEN_ESC="\[\033k\033\134\]"
+
     # Prompt
     #
     # \u    Username
@@ -30,7 +42,7 @@ test -n "$INTERACTIVE" && {
     # \$    $ or # (depending on uid)
     # \j    Number of jobs currently managed by the shell
     #
-    export PS1="\u@$_shorthost[\j]:\W{\$?}\$(parse_git_branch)\\$ "
+    export PS1="${BRIGHT_BLUE}[\j] ${BRIGHT_VIOLET}\w${BRIGHT_RED}\$(parse_git_branch)\n${BRIGHT_BLACK}\u@$_shorthost{\$?}\\$ ${RESET}"
 
     # An approximate tcsh equivalent is:
     # set prompt = '%n@%M:%c{%?}%# '

bashrc

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ case "$-" in
 esac
 
 source ~/.bash/environment
-source ~/.bash/general
+source ~/.bash/colordefs
+source ~/.bash/config
 source ~/.bash/aliases
 source ~/.bash/functions
 source ~/.bash/mac