Re: New Zsh Logo

[Eric Cook <llua@xxxxxxx>]

On 1/14/22 08:22, Jim wrote:

> FWIW if not to be to nit picky myself, why '%'? Historically '%' was the default
> csh prompt.  Whereas '$' was the Bourne shell default for users.  '>' was the
> default secondary prompt(not just a dos prompt). Zsh is more Bourne then csh.
> In reality prompt can be set to almost anything.


The first unix shell, the thompson shell used %; the PWB/Mashey shell also used %,
a few others including csh used %. bourne was the one that arbitrarily used $ and
i doubt much thought was put into it.

Since i am here though, i like v3 even more so with a monospace font.