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TCSH Tweaks

Shells are designed so that you can immediately start using them, but it seems like you never stop learning or applying a new trick/tweak. Here are my list of tweaks.

Options For Your .tcshrc/.cshrc

Remember your tcshrc if executed everytime a shell is needed -> so keep login/prompt specific options in a separate area by enclosing them in:

if (${?prompt}) then
[whatever you need to do here...]
endif

Every once in a while I'll be working at a site that doens't have tcsh <gasp!> so I'm forced to default to csh. As a result I wrap all my tcsh specific options in:

if ($shell =~ *tcsh) then
[specific tcsh stuff here...]
endif

Useful TCSH options to set:

set autolist	Autolists file matches on TAB
set complete='enhance'	Completion ignores case, considers separators
set rmstar	Prompts you before you do something stupid.
set printexitvalue	Print exit value of programs if non-zero
set ampm	Prints time as am / pm rather than 24 hr format.
set mail	Watches out for your mail
set watch = (1 any any)	Be a snoop. Watch who comes on/off system

alias cwdcmd 'echo -n "^[]2;${HOST}:$cwd^G"'

On xterm tihs can be used to dyamnically switch your title bar. Note that the ^ is a CTRL character! You must literally insert a CTRL character in there for this to work (Use CTRL-V in vim).

bindkey "^B" backward-word
bindkey "^F" forward-word
bindkey "^^?" backward-delete-word

Some standard bindings I have. CTRL-B, CTRL-F are sort of substitutes for the CTRL-LEFT, CTRL-RIGHT that windows folk are used to. Unfortunately I can't seem to bind those.