Two Line Eterm and no RPROMPT

Two Line Eterm and no RPROMPT

[Thorsten Haude]

Folks,

I have a two-line Eterm displayed most of the time, which doesn't
display the RPROMPT (%~). If I resize the Eterm to two or more lines,
the RPROMPT reappears.
I tried to change PROMPT_CR (there's a FAQ item that sounds similar),
but to no avail.

Is it Eterm's fault? How can the RPROMPT be displayed?

tia
Thorsten
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Re: Two Line Eterm and no RPROMPT

[Geoff Wing]

Thorsten Haude <yoo@vranx.de> typed:
:I have a two-line Eterm displayed most of the time, which doesn't
:display the RPROMPT (%~). If I resize the Eterm to two or more lines,
                                                    ^^^three
:the RPROMPT reappears.

Sorry, you can't.  If your term says it has fewer than three lines or
is missing other essential features zsh makes itself use a reduced
line editor mode.  You don't have a right prompt, you have single
line editing rather than multi-line editing, and you miss a couple of
other features.

The reason is that multi-line editing without three or more lines can
easily become unusable with screen space taken up by continuation prompts,
status line (e.g. for history searches) and other features.

Regards,
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Geoff Wing   gcw
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Re: Two Line Eterm and no RPROMPT

[Thorsten Haude]

Moin,

* Geoff Wing <gcw@zsh.org> [01-10-26 08:43]:
>Thorsten Haude <yoo@vranx.de> typed:
>:I have a two-line Eterm displayed most of the time, which doesn't
>:display the RPROMPT (%~).
>Sorry, you can't.
OK, at least I can stop looking. Thanks!

Thorsten
-- 
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
	- Benjamin Franklin