From: Timothy Stone <registrant@petmystone.com>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: zsh-users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Prompt truncating, redux
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 10:38:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3308CBD5-97CA-47A3-A759-883A9F98D451@petmystone.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <060701112509.ZM24578@torch.brasslantern.com>
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On Jul 1, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Jul 1, 11:35am, Timothy Stone wrote:
> }
> } I figured out the expectations of zsh v. tcsh, save "set
> ellipsis"...
> } zsh seems to be able to do this, but I can't sort out the syntax
> } using '%<...<%/'
>
>
> What you appear to want is conditional syntax, not truncation syntax:
>
> %4(c:...:)%3c
>
> will show elipses if %c is at least 4 path elements long, nothing
> if it
> is less than 4 elements long, followed by the last 3 elements of %c.
Perfect! Thank you. The `zsh' community is fantastic!
Tim
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Timothy Stone | www dot petmystone dot com
Rising Sun, MD | tstone at petmystone dot com
"This Satan's drink [coffee] is so delicious...
we shall cheat Satan by baptizing it."
Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605)
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Timothy Stone | www dot petmystone dot com
Rising Sun, MD | tstone at petmystone dot com
"This Satan's drink [coffee] is so delicious...
we shall cheat Satan by baptizing it."
Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605)
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2006-07-01 15:35 Timothy Stone
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