On 2001-10-01 at 18:28 +1000, Deborah Ariel Pickett wrote:
> Looks like you've already got an answer, but there are better ways to do
> this from zsh 3.1.9 onwards.
Ooh, thanks! Wonder how I missed this when reading zshmodules(1)?
*sighs*
> Insert "zmodload zsh/parameter" in a suitable zsh startup file (such as
> .zshrc) before trying this.
Yep, works beautifully; I now use:
zmodload zsh/parameter
function precmd { [... all the other bits ...]
psvar[2]=$#jobstates; [[ $psvar[2] -eq 0 ]] && psvar[2]=()
}
and then in PS1: %(2v:<+%2v>:-)
Let more linenoise^Wzsh beauty.
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and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal
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