<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Loading Different Prompts in Different X Terms</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Bash Prompt HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Loading a Different Prompt" HREF="c641.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Loading a Different Prompt, Immediately" HREF="x655.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Loading Prompt Colours Dynamically" HREF="c670.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Bash Prompt HOWTO: </TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x655.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 9. Loading a Different Prompt</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="c670.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN664" ></A >9.3. Loading Different Prompts in Different X Terms</H1 ><P >If you have a specific prompt to go with a particular project, or some reason to load different prompts at different times, you can use multiple bashrc files instead of always using your <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >~/.bashrc</TT > file. The Bash command is something like <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >bash --rcfile /home/giles/.bashprompt/bashrc/bashrcdan</B ></TT >, which will start a new version of Bash in your current terminal. To use this in combination with a Window Manager menuing system, use a command like <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >rxvt -e bash --rcfile /home/giles/.bashprompt/bashrc/bashrcdan</B ></TT >. The exact command you use will be dependent on the syntax of your X term of choice and the location of the bashrc file you're using. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x655.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c670.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Loading a Different Prompt, Immediately</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c641.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Loading Prompt Colours Dynamically</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >