[m-rev.] Added vim directory to distribution

[Ralph Becket]

Fergus Henderson, Thursday, 14 March 2002:
> On 14-Mar-2002, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > Fergus Henderson, Wednesday, 13 March 2002:
> > > > 
> > > > +% $([ -n "$USERNAME" ] && echo $USERNAME "")<$USER@$(hostname -d)>
> > > 
> > > Using `whoami` is probably more reliable than checking $USERNAME
> > 
> > On ceres, at least, whoami simply returns `rafe'.
> 
> Yes, `whoami` just returns the user name.
> To get a full address, you need to use `hostname` as well:
> 
> 		`whoami`@`hostname -f`
> 
> Or alternatively, use environment variables by default,
> with `whoami` and `hostname` as fallbacks:
> 
> 		${USERNAME-`whoami`}@${FROM_HEADER-`hostname -f`}

The idea behind USERNAME is that I set it to "Ralph Becket" in my
.profile.  If you don't have it, $USER@`hostname -d` should be
sufficient.

- Ralph
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