Prompt for ZSH

Prompt for ZSH

[Gerolf Ziegenhain]

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Hi,

Recently I switched from bash to zsh. One thing that is _not_ working so far
is my old colored command prompt. I converted it to zsh and it looks like:

export PS1="$(print ${dark_gray})[$(print ${blue})%n$(print
${dark_gray})@$(print ${purple})%m$(print ${dark_gray})|$(print
${none})%1~$(print ${purple})>$(print ${none})"

But this command prompt has a problem with linebreak, as it is too long for
one line because of the escape sequences. In bash this issue could be solved
with something like

\[$COLOR\]

How to do this in zsh?

/BR:
   Gerolf

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Re: Prompt for ZSH

[Peter Stephenson]

"Gerolf Ziegenhain" wrote:
> But this command prompt has a problem with linebreak, as it is too long for
> one line because of the escape sequences. In bash this issue could be solved
> with something like
> 
> \[$COLOR\]
> 
> How to do this in zsh?

The equivalent is %{$COLOR%}.  See PROMPT EXPANSION in the zshmisc manual.

There are lots of examples of colours in prompts in zsh.  See the prompt
themes; these are documented in the zshcontrib manual.

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