XPost: sci.crypt   
   From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2026-02-18 13:06, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > jayjwa  writes:   
   ...   
   >> [12:24] jayjwa@ibushi:~/hmac$ gcc -pipe -o ct_hmac_sha2_512   
   >   
   > You'd have more command line to work with if you set PS1="$ ".   
   >   
   > I mean, surely you know which host you're logged into and   
   > which user you logged in with without a constant reminder   
   > eating up half the command line :-)   
      
   It depends very much upon your work environment. I've worked in   
   environments where I might often be logged into multiple hosts in   
   different windows at the same time, and in some cases there were   
   multiple different users I might have been logged into a given host.   
      
   > In my case, the current host and  working directory is stashed in the   
   > xterm title bar automatically by a shell function wrapping the cd command.   
      
      
   I agree that the title bar is a more appropriate location for current   
   host and current user information. However, I've found it useful to be   
   able to tell directly which directory was the current one when I issued   
   each command. If the cd (or pushd or popd) command is still on screen,   
   it can be figured out, but it is easier when it's part of the prompt. Of   
   course, the value of this depends upon how much work you do at the   
   command line. While I was working on NASA projects, most of my work was   
   done at the command line.   
      
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