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On 02/23/2015 08:36 AM, 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.  The background and
> foreground stay the same because I have them adjusted for maximum
> readability.
>
I have this in preexec():

echo $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL

BTW, there seems to be a bit of fuzz in the term 'background' color.  
Sometimes it seems to mean just the color behind any typed text, other 
times it refers to the background of the whole screen. Are there more 
unambiguous terms?