From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: New Zsh Logo
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:25:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <35a5c9d0-6849-08d6-6a48-03c5c9cf6195@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+rB6GKJKRma4t+AFE_DeztRP4uVUjfwMwagnV2-5rB_Zzgvhg@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/14/22 08:22, Jim wrote:
> FWIW if not to be to nit picky myself, why '%'? Historically '%' was the default
> csh prompt. Whereas '$' was the Bourne shell default for users. '>' was the
> default secondary prompt(not just a dos prompt). Zsh is more Bourne then csh.
> In reality prompt can be set to almost anything.
The first unix shell, the thompson shell used %; the PWB/Mashey shell also used %,
a few others including csh used %. bourne was the one that arbitrarily used $ and
i doubt much thought was put into it.
Since i am here though, i like v3 even more so with a monospace font.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-16 5:26 UTC|newest]
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2022-01-14 5:30 ` Matthew Martin
2022-01-14 13:22 ` Jim
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2022-01-16 5:25 ` Eric Cook [this message]
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