i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:29:11 +0000Is dmenu messing with PS1?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/It seems that if I start a process with `i3-msg "exec blabla"`, `PS1` has the value from `/etc/profile`. However, if I start the process via dmenu (`i3-msg "exec dmenu_run"`, and then type `blabla` into the dmenu prompt), PS1 is set to a mere `\s-\v\$`. Why is that? I grepped for PS1 in the dmenu sources, but could not find anything. (When trying to reproduce any of this, make sure to completely terminate your terminal emulator, so that i3-sensible-terminal is actually starting a new terminal and not just telling an existing terminal process to open another window). Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:51:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/Answer by lasers for <p>It seems that if I start a process with <code>i3-msg "exec blabla"</code>, <code>PS1</code> has the value from <code>/etc/profile</code>. However, if I start the process via dmenu (<code>i3-msg "exec dmenu_run"</code>, and then type <code>blabla</code> into the dmenu prompt), PS1 is set to a mere <code>\s-\v\$</code>.</p> <p>Why is that? I grepped for PS1 in the dmenu sources, but could not find anything.</p> <p>(When trying to reproduce any of this, make sure to completely terminate your terminal emulator, so that i3-sensible-terminal is actually starting a new terminal and not just telling an existing terminal process to open another window).</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?answer=5459#post-id-5459Does 'less $(which dmenu_run)' answer your question?Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:43:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?answer=5459#post-id-5459Comment by lasers for <p>Does 'less $(which dmenu_run)' answer your question?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?comment=5491#comment-5491It was just a question because I can't reproduce your problem and if I run sh in the terminal, I will get sh-4.3$ and I knew about the sh part in dmenu_run -- I was wondering if that was the culprit/answer to your question. Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:29:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?comment=5491#comment-5491Comment by Nikolaus Rath for <p>Does 'less $(which dmenu_run)' answer your question?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?comment=5486#comment-5486No, unfortunately it doesn't. Can you elaborate?Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:06:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5458/is-dmenu-messing-with-ps1/?comment=5486#comment-5486