From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id DAA15579 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 03:08:38 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA22742; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:50:55 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:48:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199607111647.MAA17121@nerc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <199607111355.PAA02107@bolyai.cs.elte.hu> X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 3.3 (Enhance 1.3) From: "Timothy J. Luoma" Date: Thu, 11 Jul 96 12:47:45 -0400 To: Zoltan Hidvegi Subject: Re: zsh 3pre2: carriage return in prompt cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Reply-To: luomat@nerc.com References: <199607111355.PAA02107@bolyai.cs.elte.hu> Organization: Princeton Theological Seminary X-URL: http://www.nerc.com/~luomat Resent-Message-ID: <"n-trZ.0.mX5.e1Jvn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/284 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Zoltan Hidvegi on Thu, 11 Jul 1996 wrote: > But really using $(echo "\n") is a quite expensive solution. It > requires a fork(). You can just simply write >=20 > PROMPT=3D'[%h] [OLD: $OLDPWD] [CURRENT: %~] > ' >=20 > If you use csh_junkie_paren, turn it of, or put a backslash at = the > end of the line. Strange, this will work at the commandline, but not if I put it in = the .zshenv. I've turned off the csh-stuff and even tried the backslash, I = don't know what else to try, so for now I'm still using an old = zsh.... System: NeXT 3.2 m68k TjL = --------------------------------------------------------------------= Timothy J. Luoma =20 NeXTMail adored! (MIME/SUN also accepted) NeXT info via email: send message with SUBJECT: send-ascii info Now in infancy: http://www.nerc.com/~luomat