John J. Boyer writes: > 1. What do i put in .bashrc to get a simple prompt of a dollar sign? > Try the following: PS1="\\\$" I'm sorry, I don't recall the logic of the triple backslash. I was only able to find it for you quickly because I modified mine a long time ago to show current time, as well as current user and directory. For comparison, here's my bash prompt: PS1="\u@\h \t \W\\\$" > 2. I have set alias_file=mailaliases in muttrc. When I add an alias it goes to that file, but when I use it in the to > line of a message it is not recognized. Hmmm, sounds like some kind of code inconsistency in mutt. I believe there's an irc channel where mutt developers hang out. You might want to ask there. I believe you can get the server and channel info from the on line mutt documentation pages. All I can tell you is that I don't have that problem here. However, I am using the default mutt file for aliases, ~/.mutt_aliases > > I've been reading man pages and documentation all day. > hth! Janina > Thanks, > John > > -- > John J. Boyer, President > AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > Status: 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT > Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA > Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services > that are available at no cost > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list