In the last episode (May 17), Kyrre Nygard said: > Do you think this would work? > > I tried applying your principles, as well as some information design: > > local a1="01;36m" > local a2="22;36m" > local a3="01;30m" > > local b1="01;31m" > local b2="22;31m" > local b3="01;30m" > > PROMPT=$'%{$a1}([EMAIL PROTECTED])' > PROMPT+=$'%{$a1}('{$a2}%D{%H:%M}%{$a3}+%{$a2}%D{%d/%m}%{$a1})%{$a3}\n' > PROMPT+=$'%{$a1}(%{$a2}%#%{$a3}:%{$a2}%~%{$a1})' > > if [[ `whoami` = root ]] then > PROMPT=$'%{$b1}([EMAIL PROTECTED])' > PROMPT+=$'%{$b1}(%{$b2}%D{%H:%M}%{$b3}+%{$b2}%D{%d/%m}%{$b1})%{$b3}\n' > PROMPT+=$'%{$b1}(%{$b2}%#%{$b3}:%{$b2}%~%{$b1})' > fi
Note that zsh provides symbolic variables for color setting: autoload -U colors colors echo "$fg[blue]$bg[red]blue on red!" so you don't have to memorize the numbers. See the zshcontrib manpage, "OTHER FUNCTIONS" section. If the only difference between your root prompt is color, you can also just set a1,a2,a3 to different values within your if block, then set PROMPT outside of it. if [[ $USER == root ]] ; then a1="%{$fg[cyan]$bg[black]}" else a1="%{$fg[red]}$bg[black]}" fi PROMPT="$a1>" -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"