questions regarding PASE terminal opened via Code for IBM i extension

[rjGoTwins]

1. Is there a way to detach a PASE terminal to a separate window, or to start a new one detached?

2. I like to have a prompt with the current directory displayed. I use the code below in my .profile to set it based on which shell I'm running. This works fine in the bash shell started by Code for i, and works fine in either PASE or QSHELL on the green screen. But if I enter QSHELL from the bash shell started by Code for i (or SSH Terminal started from ACS for that matter), I no longer see any prompt at all, even if I export PS1 with a new value. Is there any way to set a prompt after running the qsh command in the bash shell?

#set the command prompt
#get portion of host name before any .
SHORTHOST="${HOSTNAME%%.*}"
#test for QSHELL
case $QSH_VERSION in

in QSHELL

V*)
PS1='$SHORTHOST qsh $PWD > '
;;

not in QSHELL

*)
case $SHELL in

in a bash shell

bash)
PS1='\u@\h \s $PWD > '
;;

not in bash shell

)
)
if [ '$SHORTHOST' = '' ]
then
PS1='${SHELL##/} $PWD > '
else
PS1='$SHORTHOST ${SHELL##/} $PWD > '
fi
;;
esac
esac
export PS1

[sebjulliand]

Hi @rjGoTwins ,
once you've opened the terminal in VS Code, you can right-click on it and select Move Terminal Into New Windows

As for invoking qsh from within another terminal and not seeing the prompt, I don't know - we would need a QSH wizard to answer that. Maybe @kadler knows more about this 😄

[rjGoTwins]

Thanks! I thought there was supposed to be an option like that, but I was looking for it in the wrong place (right-clicked the TERMINAL tab instead of the icon on the right).

I know the QSHELL part of my original question isn't necessarily germaine to Code for i, but I'd still be happy to hear an answer if anyone has one. There are other anomalies when you start QSHELL this way, e.g. the backspace key doesn't work and up arrow doesn't retrieve the prior command(s). It would be great if Code for i could provide a QSHELL terminal directly where the keys work as expected and the exports work as they do on the green screen.

[kadler]

Yes, I've noticed that when using the qsh tool from PASE you don't get a prompt. I don't know why that is though and personally don't really care.

I doubt you would ever get anything like a direct QSHELL terminal in VSCode since QSHELL only works through 5250. It doesn't interact as a real TTY, so none of the arrow stuff would ever work.

[sebjulliand]

Thanks for stopping by @kadler 🙏🏻