From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23389 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2005 10:56:45 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 Jun 2005 10:56:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 48835 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2005 10:56:38 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Jun 2005 10:56:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 23581 invoked by alias); 6 Jun 2005 10:56:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8957 Received: (qmail 23570 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2005 10:56:31 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Jun 2005 10:56:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 47867 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2005 10:56:31 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 Jun 2005 10:56:27 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DfFCN-00047K-LI for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:51:15 +0200 Received: from 82.141.192.251 ([82.141.192.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:51:15 +0200 Received: from thorsten by 82.141.192.251 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:51:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: lining up RPS1 and PS1 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:53:30 +0100 Message-ID: <11fc1y0fzrde8$.td8r7q16atgb$.dlg@40tude.net> References: <20050606101820.GC26977@atoom.net> <20050606104341.GF26977@atoom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.141.192.251 User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 Sender: news X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_BY_IP, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO autolearn=no version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -1.3 * Miek Gieben (2005-06-06 11:43 +0100) > [On 06 Jun, @12:35, Thorsten Kampe wrote in "Re: lining up RPS1 and PS1 ..."] >> * Miek Gieben (2005-06-06 11:18 +0100) >>> I've been looking into the RPS1 variable to spice up my prompt. >>> Currently my prompt looks like this: (it's a 2-line prompt) >>> >>> [some info] >>> % >>> >>> Now I wanted to make it look like this: >>> [some info] [some more] >>> % >>> (where RPS1="[some more]") >> >> Not directly the answer you're waiting for: most people don't like >> two-line-prompts and use it only because their shell doesn't have an >> RPROMPT/RPS1. >> >> So the classic use for you would be >> % [some info] >> or >> % [some more] [some info] > > thanks for your answer. But this is indeed not answer I'm looking for :) > > Changing my prompt in this way is too much of a change for my peace of > mind :) Well, okay. But see it like this: you're losing half of the screen/ /size/ for - probably - static information (meaning that "some info"/"more info" doesn't change with every prompt). And: please don't crosspost to .devel. Thorsten