From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3702 invoked from network); 6 May 2008 14:45:14 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 May 2008 14:45:14 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 53523 invoked from network); 6 May 2008 14:45:09 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2008 14:45:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 11836 invoked by alias); 6 May 2008 14:45:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 24942 Received: (qmail 11814 invoked from network); 6 May 2008 14:45:05 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2008 14:45:05 -0000 Received: from cluster-d.mailcontrol.com (cluster-d.mailcontrol.com [217.69.20.190]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B77580ED172 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:44:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI ([62.189.241.200]) by rly49d.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id m46EiRUl016189 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 15:44:58 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 6 May 2008 15:42:07 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.14.2/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m46Eg7DO000591 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 15:42:07 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m46Eg7bN000588 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 15:42:07 +0100 Message-Id: <200805061442.m46Eg7bN000588@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: PATCH: random attribute stuff In-reply-to: <080506073442.ZM22499@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <200805060915.m469FeJP017551@news01.csr.com> <080506073442.ZM22499@torch.brasslantern.com> Comments: In-reply-to Bart Schaefer message dated "Tue, 06 May 2008 07:34:42 -0700." Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 15:42:06 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2008 14:42:07.0220 (UTC) FILETIME=[5B981B40:01C8AF87] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-08-50-00 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.159 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/7040/Tue May 6 03:52:15 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean Bart Schaefer wrote: > Some people want the entire command line to look one way and the output > from the command to look another way, so they can easily tell what's a > command and what isn't when scrolling backward through buffered output. > Leaving effects turned on after the prompt is the only way to do that; > at some point it was decided that it was better to have the prompt help > out with it, than to force people to trick the shell into outputting a > terminal control sequence without using the prompt escapes. Right, but I'm not convinced it actually works. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070