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Re: zsh-no-ps2: A plugin that inserts a newline on Enter instead of displaying PS2

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Stephane Chazelas <stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zsh-no-ps2: A plugin that inserts a newline on Enter instead of displaying PS2
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:38:03 -0800
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/29358>
In-reply-to: <62a2cdc2fd719355bb6d0e5231d04258@chazelas.org>
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References: <CAN=4vMqm22rFLZnhM=7ytKr4wG14hQGGE3u6m1-cgkUAXCNvsg@mail.gmail.com> <62a2cdc2fd719355bb6d0e5231d04258@chazelas.org>

On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 11:29 PM Stephane Chazelas
<stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I agree that the inability to easily edit the previous line is quite
> annoying.

As discussed at some length in the "feep in the night-time" thread
(2021/04), this is because the input goes directly into the parser at
each accept-line, so to change the PREBUFFER you have to cancel the
parse-in-progress.

> Another problem with the PS2 prompt is that you cannot
> copy-paste the full command from your terminal.

This is why one uses e.g. PS2='' RPS2=' <%_' with transient_rprompt.

References:
- zsh-no-ps2: A plugin that inserts a newline on Enter instead of displaying PS2
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa
- Re: zsh-no-ps2: A plugin that inserts a newline on Enter instead of displaying PS2
  - From: Stephane Chazelas

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