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Re: Prompt for ZSH

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Prompt for ZSH
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 14:12:36 +0100
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"Gerolf Ziegenhain" wrote:
> But this command prompt has a problem with linebreak, as it is too long for
> one line because of the escape sequences. In bash this issue could be solved
> with something like
> 
> \[$COLOR\]
> 
> How to do this in zsh?

The equivalent is %{$COLOR%}.  See PROMPT EXPANSION in the zshmisc manual.

There are lots of examples of colours in prompts in zsh.  See the prompt
themes; these are documented in the zshcontrib manual.

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References:
- Prompt for ZSH
  - From: Gerolf Ziegenhain

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