Subject: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] No line editing mode set snv_72
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> As long as I'm asking questions... Tcsh has this nice "compact" path notation
> th
> at I use in my current prompt (uses ellipses ...). Is there an equivalent for
> ks
> h93? Long paths make an unwieldy prompt.
>
>
You can always use something like
$(shortpath "$PWD")
in you PS1 prompt to generate a shortened path. Here is a sample
shorpath function:
function shortpath # $1 [len]
{
typeset path=$1
integer len=${2:-20}
(( len < 5 && len=5 ))
[[ $path == "$HOME/"* ]] && path='~'${path#${HOME%/}}
if (( ${#path} < len))
then print -r -- "$path"
else print -r "...${path:4-len}"
fi
}
David Korn
dgk at research.att.com
