Maybe someone here has missed the recent discussion of zsh? ;) I just found this website, giving a wonderful primer on how to configure zsh:
http://wiki.redbrick.dcu.ie/mw/Account_Customisation_(zsh) Disclaimer: I have no idea who they are, but I found this article very helpful indeed, and their advice Worked For Me. In particular, I wanted to set my zsh command prompt to look like the custom bash prompt I've been using forever: echo $PS1 \u@\h:\w Now here's the equivalent value in zsh: echo $PS1 %n@%M:%~ The most significant thing I just learned is that the zsh config name for its command prompt is PS1, the same as for bash. (I needed help from the above-named website to get the details, but that was easy.) I made the change to PS1 permanent by adding this familiar line to my ~/.zshrc: export PS1="%n@%M:%~ " Here is one interesting feature of zsh: when I type e.g. 'les' and then hit Tab to invoke shell-completion, zsh shows me the usual suspects like less, lessecho, lesskey, etc. But then if I continue to hit Tab multiple times, zsh actually changes the command prompt, rotating the possible commands through all the possible choices, and then I can just hit Return to execute my choice. A minor feature, but clever, I think.
