psvar + color

[Michael Hernandez <sequethin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to dynamically set the color of my battery percentage in  
my prompt. It's a long story, but I am using zsh 4.2.5 on OS X, along  
with a slightly modified version of a zsh script called "battery"  
which I found on line. I set the PROMPT_SUBST option, but that  
doesn't seem to be helping (most likely I am just doing something  
wrong).

I am using a version of the clint prompt and have been hacking away  
at a copy of the file called prompt_clint_setup which is included  
with the zsh distribution.

From what I see, there are precmd functions that set psvar[2] to the  
current status, and psvar[2] is accessed as %2v

What I'd like to have is %2v (which could be *AC* (94.7%) for  
example) change between green, yellow, or red depending on the  
percentage. In this case it would be green, etc.

The problem is that no matter what I do, I can't get the color to  
change by using %3v, for example, neither:

p_apm="${fg_no_bold[%3v]}%(2v.*%2v.) "

or

p_apm="%{$fg_no_bold[%3v]}%}%(2v.*%2v.) "

work properly.

In the spirit of trying every possible thing I could think of I even  
tried p_apm="${fg_no_bold[$(print -P %3v)]}%(2v.*%2v.) "

If I simply use p_apm="${fg_no_bold[red]}%(2v.*%2v.) " - then the  
percentage comes out in red, so I think my trouble is in the way  
psvar is substituted through the %3v. I didn't think it would be a  
problem because %2v changes frequently (if my battery is charging or  
is unplugged at least) and I see the changes with each new prompt  
when I press return. I was hoping that I could set the color in a  
similar way. I have been checking psvar by echo $psvar[3] and also  
print -P %3v after each prompt and it is being set to the correct  
color. The more I look at it, the more the issue seems to be in the  
color escape being substituted properly, not in the setting of $psvar[3]

What is it that I'm doing wrong? I'd post the whole file but I don't  
want other mistakes of mine to distract attention from this one I am  
currently trying to iron out. It's my hope to share the config in  
it's entirety when it's complete, so that other os x users might  
enjoy a conveniently colored battery state+ percentage in their  
prompts if they wish :)

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Mike H