				    METACHARACTERS

The special metacharacters that can be used in prompt-string are
as follows:


    METACHARACTER:    What gets displayed as a result:

	$$		The dollar sign
	$_		A carriage return line feed sequence
			(go to beginning of next line on the screen)
	$a		The "&" character [OS/2 only]
	$b		The "|" character
	$c		The "(" character [OS/2 only]
	$d		The date
	$e		The ASCII escape character (decimal value 27),
			which is required for generating escape sequences
			when reassigning keys.
	$f		The ")" character [OS/2 only]
	$g		The ">" character
	$h		A backspace and erasure of the previous character
	$i		The 'help' line [OS/2 only]
	$l		The "<" character
	$n		The default drive letter
	$p		The current directory of the default drive
	$q		The "=" character
	$s		The space character (leading string only) [OS/2 only]
	$t		The time
	$v		The DOS version number
