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Re: forwarded message

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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xxxxxxx>
To: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: forwarded message
Date: 21 Jun 1997 17:35:22 +0200
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Zefram's message of "Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:25:37 +0100 (BST)"
References: <5229.199706211525@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >What is the issue with these anyway?  I'd think them trivial to code,
> >given all the other stuff Zsh contains.
> 
> They would be trivial, but I do not recommend doing it because it would
> break things.  % is the only special character in PS1, and it is good
> to keep the rule this simple.

Then you should probably remove the following text from answer to
question C8 of the FAQ:

  Arguably the prompt code should handle `print'-like escapes.  Feel
  free to write this :-).

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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xxxxxxx> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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