Is it possible to get bash to display the first letter of each directory in the working path

bashprompt

For example working in:

/home/stuart/src/project/com/example/package
/usr/lib/python2.6

would appear as:

~/s/p/c/e/package$ 
/u/l/python2.6$

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Yes, it is possible and has been done here.

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