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Re: Why does colors() not use %{ %}?

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From: Philippe Troin <phil@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Richard Hartmann" <richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Why does colors() not use %{ %}?
Date: 18 Jul 2008 17:39:50 -0700
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"Richard Hartmann" <richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> after a somewhat embarassing email to -users, I realized colors() does
> not properly escape color codes in its variables. What is the reason
> for this behaviour?

Because %{ %} is only recognized in prompt expansions.
And colors is meant to be used for more than just in the prompt.

Phil.

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