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Comments: In-reply-to Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk>
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Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> Given that zsh now has internal knowledge that "green" is ESC [32m and
> so on, would it be wise to allow this in prompt escapes: %A{fg=green}
> perhaps?

Yes, something along those lines is likely to happen.

> Support for more than 16 colours would also be good.

You can use up to 256 if you use the number.

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