From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 993 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2006 15:35:35 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 1 Jul 2006 15:35:35 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 30161 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2006 15:35:24 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 1 Jul 2006 15:35:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 19717 invoked by alias); 1 Jul 2006 15:35:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10463 Received: (qmail 19707 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2006 15:35:16 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 1 Jul 2006 15:35:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 29131 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2006 15:35:16 -0000 Received: from mout.perfora.net (217.160.230.41) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 1 Jul 2006 15:35:14 -0000 Received: from [72.23.77.226] (helo=[192.168.0.5]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrelayus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKp2t-1FwhV23TpR-0003NJ; Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:35:14 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <3E1F24BF-0332-4A29-9F54-5A3F0D24484E@petmystone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: zsh-users From: Timothy Stone Subject: Prompt truncating, redux Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 11:35:06 -0400 X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.1.2 (Tiger) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Provags-ID: perfora.net abuse@perfora.net login:cc8f2e2326446829c1b030dcda0c3df2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 List, 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 '%<...<%/' For example: user@host [...seg1/seg2/seg3] % in tcsh might be set with: set prompt = "%n@%m %B[%b%c3%B]%b %% " set ellipsis In zsh, I can get everything but the ellipsis to behave, e.g., % % cd really/deep/path/to/resource % print -rP '%n@%m %B[%b%3~%B]%b %# ' user@host [path/to/resource] % % My various uses of the truncation syntax can't give me the "ellipsis" I hope for... any hints? Maybe I'm fretting to much, but given some of the really complex options and sample paths I've seen, mine must be simple... right? :) Thanks in advance, Tim - -- 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) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEppYvlNb2aYI3YNkRAhMmAJwLfpf7A18RQSmUSPh11+o+0sZ81wCdH4g3 lt3+lAEvMl3Y2G0GzSikG0s= =7jEU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----