From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15245 invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2015 08:36:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 19915 Received: (qmail 4607 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2015 08:36:45 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_PCNT autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:36:38 +0100 From: Vincent Lefevre To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: ANSI bg colour outside of prompt area Message-ID: <20150224083638.GA31004@xvii.vinc17.org> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <20150222132310.GA18377@wintermute> <150222111007.ZM18687@torch.brasslantern.com> <54EA6200.1040007@eastlink.ca> <4348921424650217@web10g.yandex.ru> <150222171418.ZM19031@torch.brasslantern.com> <54EAA154.1080602@eastlink.ca> <20150223094626.GA28360@xvii.vinc17.org> <150223083637.ZM20263@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <150223083637.ZM20263@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer-Info: http://www.vinc17.net/mutt/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23-6424-vl-r76280 (2015-02-19) On 2015-02-23 08:36:37 -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote: > For what it's worth, the way I deal with keeping track of builds and > hosts is to include the host name and part of the version string in > the prompt, and color each of those differently. I put the hostname in the prompt and the window title. > The background and foreground stay the same because I have them > adjusted for maximum readability. Ditto. And many applications produce colored output. If the background changed, some colors would necessarily be unreadable. -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)