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From: Christian Taylor <cht@chello.at>
To: zsh-users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: reinventing print_exit_value
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 01:04:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200507040104.41345.cht@chello.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050703223209.GA5083@puritan.pnetwork>

Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> Christian Taylor wrote:
> > I recently decided that I want the exit code of the last command (if it's
> > greater than 0) displayed after invoking it, like the PRINT_EXIT_VALUE
> > option does, but in my own format. (I don't want to include it in my
> > prompt.)
>
> Actually, you _do_ want to include it in your prompt. Simply use 
>
> %(?..status: %?)
>
> in your prompt, and it will only be displayed when there's something to
> display (non-zero exit value in this case),

I know, I tried it both in the left and the right prompt, but for some reason 
I just didn't like it. A PRINT_EXIT_VALUE-style output on an extra line suits 
me more.
This is really just cosmetics, but hey - everything else just works, where's 
the fun in that? :)

Christian


  reply	other threads:[~2005-07-03 23:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-03 21:56 Christian Taylor
2005-07-03 22:32 ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-07-03 23:04   ` Christian Taylor [this message]
2005-07-03 23:35     ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-07-04  0:09       ` Christian Taylor
2005-07-04 12:29         ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-07-04 13:24           ` J
2005-07-04 13:25             ` J
2005-07-04 14:29           ` Christian Taylor
2005-07-04 14:32 ` Bart Schaefer
2005-07-04 22:32   ` Christian Taylor

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