G'day Michael

 MS> FWIW, here's my regular prompt alias:

 MS>  alias pr Prompt "*e[33mRC=%R*n*e[32m%S*n%N*e[37m[]>*e[31m"

  Mine is now:

  Prompt "[%N:%R] *`rx 'say time()'*` %S> "

  The colours don't worry me...  :)

 MS> For a while I was using a prompt with rx "say time()" in it, but I
 MS> can't remember the exact format off hand.

  See above!  

  The advantage of using this instead of the DOS date cmd is that it shows
_only_ the time.  Heck, who cares what calendar day it is?

 MS> Here are a few of my favourite "`" aliases:

 MS>  alias res resident *`which []*`
 MS>  alias ls list *`which []*`

  Handy.

 MS> I also have to mention this little gem:

 MS>  alias files rx "shell;f=showdir('','F');do while f~=''; 	parse VAR f
 MS> n f;[] n;end"

  Heheheh!  I tried it without first examining it...  Silly me!  I happened
to be in C: at the time...  OUCH!  :\

  It is now a permanent resident in my Shell-StartUp, as I can see it being
REALLY handy for viewing dirs full o' pix, etc. :)

 MS> It's not really that weird, just a symptom of the way AmigaDOS
 MS> tokenizes, I guess.  I've spent hours stuffing around with * and `
 MS> trying to get obscure aliases & prompt strings working.

  Oh, it strikes me as weird how some cmds work perfectly fine without
escaping, whereas others won't.  I understand that it's all to do with the
tokens, but I'd expect them to have standardised their techniques!

 AM>> What's weirder is someone elses discovery.  They loaded CShell from
 AM>> the std Shell, then staying in the *std* shell they tried it again
 AM>> and it worked properly!!

 AM>> N fcryy purpxre pncnoyr bs unaqyvat EBG?  Abj gung'f na vqrn!

 MS> N cvrpr bs pnxr, hfvat zl ErkkFcryy yvoenel! :)

  ?  Unira'g frra vg nebhaq...  pbhyq lbh tvir hf n eha-qbja bs vg'f
shapgvbaf?

 MS> FWIW, here's a little patch that automatically ROT13s text as it's
 MS> rendered.  :)

  [snipped]

  Ahhh!  A new toy to play with, my pretties!  Brooohaha!  >-]

  Shall I shut up now?       __                              __n~~   o_
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