From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-workers-request@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu>
Received: (qmail 7946 invoked from network); 15 Jan 1997 04:48:01 -0000
Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50)
  by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Jan 1997 04:48:01 -0000
Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA26810; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:45:12 -0500 (EST)
Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:45:12 -0500 (EST)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:56:03 -0700
From: John Harres <Harres@UWyo.Edu>
Subject: bold prompt quirk
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Message-id: <199701142256.PAA04037@horseman.uwyo.edu>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0beta 12/23/96
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
X-Authentication-warning: horseman.uwyo.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO
 protocol
X-MTS: smtp
Resent-Message-ID: <"_ggbx.0.rY6.N36to"@euclid>
Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
X-Mailing-List: <zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu> archive/latest/2793
X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Precedence: list
Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu

While fiddling around with color prompts, I noticed this quirk:

PS1="%B${PURPLE}%m${NORMAL}%(#.#.>)%b "

does not display the > (or #) in bold, while

PS1="%B${PURPLE}%m${NORMAL}%b%B%(#.#.>)%b "

does.

John Harres
harres@uwyo.edu