On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 01:49:55PM -0700, Guido van Steen wrote: > Hi, > > [snip] > > Is there a way - possibly using ZLE - to give different parts > of the command line different colors, e.g. can I make the first > word green, the second word red and so on? > > Thanks! > Guido Hi Guido, Of course this is possible. Here is an example (part of my prompt). # Color support, necessary for ${fg[...]}. autoload -U colors && colors PROMPT="%{${fg[green]}%}%B%m%b%{${fg[default]}%}:\ %{${fg[blue]}%}%B%~%b%{${fg[default]}%}%# " It colors %m (hostname) in green and bold (%B and %b), then resets the color to default and draws : in the default color, then draws %~ (current directory) in blue and bold and resets the colors again, then draws the % with %# (or $ for root) in the default color. The %{..%} around the colors are necessary to tell Zsh that the colors don't take any space so it can draw the prompt correctly. For more information see man zshmisc and search for SIMPLE PROMPT ESCAPES (it's at the end of the file) and man zshcontrib and search for colors (the second occurrence). Hope this helps, Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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