Context for multiline commands

Context for multiline commands

[James F. Hranicky]

The version of zsh I have installed on my Solaris machines keeps
the context for multiline commands to help me remember where I am:

	for i in * ; do
	for> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
	for then>

However, on my SuSE 9.3 machines this seems to be disabled 

	for i in * ; do
	> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
	>

anyone know what the directive is to enable this behavior?

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Re: Context for multiline commands

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Feb 10), James F. Hranicky said:
> The version of zsh I have installed on my Solaris machines keeps
> the context for multiline commands to help me remember where I am:
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	for> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	for then>
> 
> However, on my SuSE 9.3 machines this seems to be disabled 
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	>
> 
> anyone know what the directive is to enable this behavior?

Sounds like your SuSE box is resetting $PS2 in a startup script
somewhere.  It defaults to '%_> ' .

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

Re: Context for multiline commands

[Christian Schneider]

* James F. Hranicky <jfh@cise.ufl.edu> typed:
> The version of zsh I have installed on my Solaris machines keeps
> the context for multiline commands to help me remember where I am:
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	for> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	for then>
> 
> However, on my SuSE 9.3 machines this seems to be disabled 
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	>
> 
> anyone know what the directive is to enable this behavior?

That's ``PS2''; default is "%_> "
,----
|  painless% echo $PS2
|  %_> 
|  painless% for i in {1..2} ; do
|  for> echo $i
|  for> done
|  1
|  2
|  painless% PS2="> "
|  painless% for i in {1..2} ; do
|  > echo $i
|  > done
|  1
|  2
|  painless%
`----
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Re: Context for multiline commands

[James F. Hranicky]

On Friday 10 February 2006 15:07, Dan Nelson wrote:

> Sounds like your SuSE box is resetting $PS2 in a startup script
> somewhere.  It defaults to '%_> ' .

Ah, it's getting set in /etc/bash.bashrc (still the default shell).

Thanks!

Jim