> My prompt is usually the system default, because I work across multiple systems,
Unless you get new systems everyday, multiple systems just mean copying ssh keys followed by scp of dotfiles.
> some of which don't even have bash (let alone zsh),
If it has bash, .bashrc gets executed. If it has neither, I use the system default. Just because sometimes there won't be a shell I use or configure(1%) doesn't mean I am going to put up with whatever the system throws at me(99%).
> 'wi' is just there to remind me where I am once in a while.
Any my "once in a while" is frequent. Multiple machines, multiple projects, multiple branches.
> My general philosophy is to deal with whatever is the default and not become reliant on customisations because other systems I'll be required to use won't have any of them set up.
If I have customized my vim to hell, it generally means I am familiar enough with vim to understand how vim works. Same goes for bash, screen, zsh, what have you. It isn't like when once in an eternity, I am forced to use a machine where
I have to type "git branch" instead of "gitb", I am going to forget it.
Unless you get new systems everyday, multiple systems just mean copying ssh keys followed by scp of dotfiles.
> some of which don't even have bash (let alone zsh),
If it has bash, .bashrc gets executed. If it has neither, I use the system default. Just because sometimes there won't be a shell I use or configure(1%) doesn't mean I am going to put up with whatever the system throws at me(99%).
> 'wi' is just there to remind me where I am once in a while.
Any my "once in a while" is frequent. Multiple machines, multiple projects, multiple branches.
> My general philosophy is to deal with whatever is the default and not become reliant on customisations because other systems I'll be required to use won't have any of them set up.
If I have customized my vim to hell, it generally means I am familiar enough with vim to understand how vim works. Same goes for bash, screen, zsh, what have you. It isn't like when once in an eternity, I am forced to use a machine where I have to type "git branch" instead of "gitb", I am going to forget it.