-*- outline -*-

* How override PS1, PS2?

When loading bash read ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc.

Put at end of these files

  PS1='\u@\H$ '

When xterm start bash - it start as non-login. So ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc
didn't read. To workaround this use

  $ xterm -e bash -i -c "mc -x"

That make bash interactive and init file read.

* Command history.

Bash allow accessing to command that you type previously. There are exist
several options to control command history behavior. Set corresponding
variables in your ~/.bashrc file (which is read by interactive shell):

  #   ignorespace do not save lines that start with space
  #   erasedups all previous lines matching the current line to be removed from
  #             the history list before that line is saved
  export HISTCONTROL=igrorespace:erasedups
  export HISTIGNORE=" ?cd *":"e *":"sudo mv *":"sudo rm *":"sudo cp *":"sudo mkdir *":"sudo chmod *":"sudo chown *":ls:pwd:"vlc*"

There are another options, with default values (which satisfy my neediness, so
I don't put they to ~/.bashrc):

  export HISTFILE=~/.bash_history  # where is command history stored
  export HISTFILESIZE=500          # how many lines been in $HISTFILE
  export HISTSIZE=500              # how many lines been stored in bash process

** mc (GNU Midnight Commander).

You can also set special history rules for mc subshell in ~/.mc/bashrc file.