Would like help with prompt

Would like help with prompt

[Kyrre Nygard]

Hello!

This is my prompt (with some nice bolds and colors):

(kyrre@merhaba)(11:01+18/05)
(%:~)

It is set in /etc/zshrc like this:

PROMPT=$'%{\e[01;36m%}(%{\e[22;36m%}%n%{\e[01;30m%}@'
PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;36m%}%m%{\e[01;36m%})%{\e[01;36m%}%{\e[01;36m%}('
PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;36m%}%D{%H:%M}%{\e[01;30m%}+%{\e[22;36m%}%D{%d/%m}'
PROMPT+=$'%{\e[01;36m%})%{\e[01;30m\e[00m%}\n%{\e[01;36m%}('
PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;36m%}%#%{\e[01;30m%}:%{\e[22;36m%}%~%{\e[01;36m%})'
PROMPT+=$'%{\e[01;30m\e[00m%} '

if [[ `whoami` = root ]] then

	PROMPT=$'%{\e[01;31m%}(%{\e[22;31m%}%n%{\e[01;30m%}@'
	PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;31m%}%m%{\e[01;31m%})%{\e[01;31m%}%{\e[01;31m%}('
	PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;31m%}%D{%H:%M}%{\e[01;30m%}+%{\e[22;31m%}%D{%d/%m}'
	PROMPT+=$'%{\e[01;31m%})%{\e[01;30m\e[00m%}\n%{\e[01;31m%}('
	PROMPT+=$'%{\e[22;31m%}%#%{\e[01;30m%}:%{\e[22;31m%}%~%{\e[01;31m%})'
	PROMPT+=$'%{\e[01;30m\e[00m%} '

fi

However this setup is darn ugly.

So I've been trying to simplify and adding some order to it:

I know I could load `colors' but I'm not sure if my colors are 
available. Anyway ...

local a1="01;36m"
local a2="22;36m"
local a3="01;30m"

local b1="01;31m"
local b2="22;31m"
local b3="01;30m"

PROMPT=$'%{$a1}(%{$a2}%n%{$a3}@%{$a2}%m%{$a1})'
PROMPT+=$'%{$a1}('{$a2}%D{%H:%M}%{$a3}+%{$a2}%D{%d/%m}%{$a1})%{$a3}\n'
PROMPT+=$'%{$a1}(%{$a2}%#%{$a3}:%{$a2}%~%{$a1})'

if [[ `whoami` = root ]] then

	PROMPT=$'%{$b1}(%{$b2}%n%{$b3}@%{$b2}%m%{$b1})'
	PROMPT+=$'%{$b1}%{$b1}(%{$b2}%D{%H:%M}%{$b3}+%{$b2}%D{%d/%m}%{$b1})%{$b3}\n'
	PROMPT+=$'%{$b1}(%{$b2}%#%{$b3}:%{$b2}%~%{$b1})'

fi

But so far that doesn't work:

/etc/zshrc:32: parse error near `)'
$a1}($a2}kyrre$a3}@$a2}merhaba$a1})

Maybe somebody out there can offer me some help?

Thanks a lot,
Kyrre

Re: Would like help with prompt

[Frank Terbeck]

Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no>:
[...]
> However this setup is darn ugly.

Agreed. :-)

> I know I could load `colors' but I'm not sure if my colors are 
> available. Anyway ...

I'd really check if 'colors' wouldn't do:

[snip]
  % print -l $color | sort | column
  00              32              44              cyan
  01              32              45              default
  02              33              46              faint
  03              33              47              green
  04              34              49              magenta
  05              34              bg-black        no-blink
  07              35              bg-blue         no-reverse
  08              35              bg-cyan         no-standout
  22              36              bg-default      no-underline
  23              36              bg-green        none
  24              37              bg-magenta      normal
  25              37              bg-red          red
  27              39              bg-white        reverse
  30              39              bg-yellow       standout
  30              40              black           underline
  30              40              blink           white
  30              41              blue            yellow
  31              42              bold
  31              43              conceal
[snap]

AFAICS you are using bold, normal, black, cyan and red.
These would be available by loaded 'colors' arrays.

Regards, Frank

Re: Would like help with prompt

[Kyrre Nygard]

At 11:37 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
>Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no>:
>[...]
> > However this setup is darn ugly.
>
>Agreed. :-)
>
> > I know I could load `colors' but I'm not sure if my colors are
> > available. Anyway ...
>
>I'd really check if 'colors' wouldn't do:
>
>[snip]
>   % print -l $color | sort | column
>   00              32              44              cyan
>   01              32              45              default
>   02              33              46              faint
>   03              33              47              green
>   04              34              49              magenta
>   05              34              bg-black        no-blink
>   07              35              bg-blue         no-reverse
>   08              35              bg-cyan         no-standout
>   22              36              bg-default      no-underline
>   23              36              bg-green        none
>   24              37              bg-magenta      normal
>   25              37              bg-red          red
>   27              39              bg-white        reverse
>   30              39              bg-yellow       standout
>   30              40              black           underline
>   30              40              blink           white
>   30              41              blue            yellow
>   31              42              bold
>   31              43              conceal
>[snap]
>
>AFAICS you are using bold, normal, black, cyan and red.
>These would be available by loaded 'colors' arrays.
>
>Regards, Frank

Cool stuff, thanks man!

Although, what does each column represent?

I'm still on a "which is really the colors in my prompt" since
I haven't gotten by the whole:

/etc/zshrc:32: parse error near `)'
$a1}($a2}kyrre$a3}@$a2}merhaba$a1})

Stage so I can test them all yet.

I also have a dark grey color which doesn't seem to be on this list.

Thanks so far though!

All the best,
Kyrre

Re: Would like help with prompt

[Kyrre Nygard]

Hello again!

One more thing, to specify colors, will this do?

local a1="01;36m"

Or do I have to make them this ugly?

local a1=$'%{\e[01;36m%}'

:) Thanks guys,

-- Kyrre

Re: Would like help with prompt

[Frank Terbeck]

Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no>:
> At 11:37 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
> >I'd really check if 'colors' wouldn't do:
> >
> >[snip]
> >  % print -l $color | sort | column
> >  00              32              44              cyan
[...]
> >[snap]
> 
> Cool stuff, thanks man!
> 
> Although, what does each column represent?

That's just a representation of an associative array.
See 'man zshcontrib'. And try:

% autoload colors ; colors
% print $fg[red]$bg[white]Hello World.
% PS1="%{${fg[yellow]}%}%/ %{${fg[default]}%}%# "

Regards, Frank

Re: Would like help with prompt

[Kyrre Nygard]

At 12:44 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
>Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no>:
> > At 11:37 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
> > >I'd really check if 'colors' wouldn't do:
> > >
> > >[snip]
> > >  % print -l $color | sort | column
> > >  00              32              44              cyan
>[...]
> > >[snap]
> >
> > Cool stuff, thanks man!
> >
> > Although, what does each column represent?
>
>That's just a representation of an associative array.
>See 'man zshcontrib'. And try:
>
>% autoload colors ; colors
>% print $fg[red]$bg[white]Hello World.
>% PS1="%{${fg[yellow]}%}%/ %{${fg[default]}%}%# "
>
>Regards, Frank

I came up with this elegant approach thanks to Dan Nelson
from the FreeBSD mailinglist:

if [[ $USER == root ]] ; then

         a1="%{$fg_bold[cyan]%}"
         a2="%{$fg_no_bold[cyan]%}"
         a3="%{$fg_bold[black]%}"

else

         a1="%{$fg_bold[red]%}"
         a2="%{$fg_no_bold[red]%}"
         a3="%{$fg_bold[black]%}"

fi

PROMPT="$a1($a2%n$a3@$a2%m$a1)($a2%D{%H:%M}$a3+$a2%D{%d/%m}$a1)"$'\n'
PROMPT+="$a1($a2%#$a3:$a2%~$a1) %{$reset_color%}"

Nice isn't it?

All the best,
Kyrre