[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 :)

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