Comments on: bash context http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2009/05/bash-context/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:57:41 -0800 hourly 1 By: P T Withington http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2009/05/bash-context/comment-page-1/#comment-665 P T Withington Mon, 18 May 2009 16:53:46 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/?p=1327#comment-665 I like to use different terminal windows for my different playpens, so I can keep multiple states and easily toggle between them by switching windows. In emacs, I can use shell buffers with different names, but most terminal programs will display your current directory. So here's how I do it: http://svn.openlaszlo.org/sandbox/ptw/.openlaszlorc I use a shell function, set-lps, that I just need to execute once in the shell window once I have cd-ed to the playpen I want to work in. I like to use different terminal windows for my different playpens, so I can keep multiple states and easily toggle between them by switching windows. In emacs, I can use shell buffers with different names, but most terminal programs will display your current directory. So here’s how I do it:

http://svn.openlaszlo.org/sandbox/ptw/.openlaszlorc

I use a shell function, set-lps, that I just need to execute once in the shell window once I have cd-ed to the playpen I want to work in.

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