From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5971 invoked from network); 21 Jun 1997 15:37:57 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Jun 1997 15:37:57 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA21058; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 11:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 11:31:49 -0400 (EDT) To: Zefram Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr Subject: Re: forwarded message References: <5229.199706211525@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> X-Attribution: Hrv X-Face: Mie8:rOV<\c/~z{s.X4A{!?vY7{drJ([U]0O=W/xDi&N7XG KV^$k0m3Oe/)'e%3=$PCR&3ITUXH,cK>]bci&Ff%x_>1`T(+M2Gg/fgndU%k*ft [(7._6e0n-V%|%'[c|q:;}td$#INd+;?!-V=c8Pqf}3J From: Hrvoje Niksic Date: 21 Jun 1997 17:35:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: Zefram's message of "Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:25:37 +0100 (BST)" Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.59/XEmacs 20.3(beta7) - "Oslo" Resent-Message-ID: <"Gu6gf.0.w85.bF_gp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3272 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Zefram writes: > >What is the issue with these anyway? I'd think them trivial to code, > >given all the other stuff Zsh contains. > > They would be trivial, but I do not recommend doing it because it would > break things. % is the only special character in PS1, and it is good > to keep the rule this simple. Then you should probably remove the following text from answer to question C8 of the FAQ: Arguably the prompt code should handle `print'-like escapes. Feel free to write this :-). -- Hrvoje Niksic | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Thou Who might be our Father Who perhaps may be in Heaven... -- Roger Zelazny