On 7/3/06, Frank Terbeck <frank.terbeck@rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
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>
> PROMPT=$'line0\nline1\nline2-%~%% '
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> I think $'' quoting is described in zshmisc(1) /QUOTING.
>

Thanks that hit the spot. Now I have this:


fg_green=$'%{\e[0;32m%}'
fg_blue=$'%{\e[0;34m%}'
fg_cyan=$'%{\e[0;36m%}'
fg_red=$'%{\e[0;31m%}'
fg_brown=$'%{\e[0;33m%}'
fg_purple=$'%{\e[0;35m%}'
fg_light_gray=$'%{\e[0;37m%}'
fg_dark_gray=$'%{\e[1;30m%}'
fg_light_blue=$'%{\e[1;34m%}'
fg_light_green=$'%{\e[1;32m%}'
fg_light_cyan=$'%{\e[1;36m%}'
fg_light_red=$'%{\e[1;31m%}'
fg_light_purple=$'%{\e[1;35m%}'
fg_no_colour=$'%{\e[0m%}'

fg_white=$'%{\e[1;37m%}'
fg_black=$'%{\e[0;30m%}'

lb="%{$fg_dark_gray%}[%{$fg_no_colour%}"
rb="$fg_dark_gray]$fg_no_colour"

red_time="$fg_red%T$fg_no_colour"
cyan_user="$fg_cyan%n$fg_no_colour"
purple_host="$fg_purple%M$fg_no_colour"
green_pwd="$fg_green~$fg_no_colour"

PROMPT="$lb$red_time$rb$lb$cyan_user$rb$lb$purple_host$rb$lb$green_pwd$rb"$'\n'

alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias l='ls'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsd='ls -d'
alias lsa='ls -la'
alias la='ls -lha'
alias lh='ls -lh'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cvs='cvs -q -z6'
alias ssh='ssh -X -C -c blowfish'
alias tat='svn up; svn ci -m"this and that"'



And it works fine.


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