Re: triviality with prompts

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 2,  4:17pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
}
} PS3  will permit that variable substitution even without
} " setopt prompt_subst ", whereas PS1 requires it.

I think you've deluded yourself somehow.  PS3 behaves just like all the
other prompts.

} Interesting that the variable expands even tho inside single
} quotes, not that I'm complaining.

Once again you're confused about how quoting works.  The variable isn't
inside single quotes at the time the prompt is expanded.  In fact, in your
example $'...' is NOT the same as single quotes.

If you'd read a little further through the scrolls, you'd have seen you
need neither _red=$'%{\e[1;31m%}' nor prompt_subst:

PS3=$'\n %F{red} MAKE A SELECTION ... %f'
PS1=$'\n%F{yellow}%l %F{red}%m %F{green}%n %F{blue}%d %F{magenta}%(3L.%L.)$ %f'