Re: Would like help with prompt

[Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:44 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
> Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > At 11:37 18.05.2006, Frank Terbeck wrote:
> > >I'd really check if 'colors' wouldn't do:
> > >
> > >[snip]
> > >  % print -l $color | sort | column
> > >  00              32              44              cyan
> [...]
> > >[snap]
> >
> > Cool stuff, thanks man!
> >
> > Although, what does each column represent?
>
> That's just a representation of an associative array.
> See 'man zshcontrib'. And try:
>
> % autoload colors ; colors
> % print $fg[red]$bg[white]Hello World.
> % PS1="%{${fg[yellow]}%}%/ %{${fg[default]}%}%# "
>
> Regards, Frank

I came up with this elegant approach thanks to Dan Nelson
from the FreeBSD mailinglist:

if [[ $USER == root ]] ; then

        a1="%{$fg_bold[cyan]%}"
        a2="%{$fg_no_bold[cyan]%}"
        a3="%{$fg_bold[black]%}"

else

        a1="%{$fg_bold[red]%}"
        a2="%{$fg_no_bold[red]%}"
        a3="%{$fg_bold[black]%}"

fi

PROMPT="$a1($a2%n$a3@$a2%m$a1)($a2%D{%H:%M}$a3+$a2%D{%d/%m}$a1)"$'\n'
PROMPT+="$a1($a2%#$a3:$a2%~$a1) %{$reset_color%}"

Nice isn't it?

All the best,
Kyrre