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Re: Context for multiline commands

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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Context for multiline commands
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:07:03 -0600
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In the last episode (Feb 10), James F. Hranicky said:
> The version of zsh I have installed on my Solaris machines keeps
> the context for multiline commands to help me remember where I am:
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	for> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	for then>
> 
> However, on my SuSE 9.3 machines this seems to be disabled 
> 
> 	for i in * ; do
> 	> if [ "$i" = "0" ] ; then
> 	>
> 
> anyone know what the directive is to enable this behavior?

Sounds like your SuSE box is resetting $PS2 in a startup script
somewhere.  It defaults to '%_> ' .

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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