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Re: [PATCH 1/6] prompt: don't scream continuation state

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 4, 2013, 03:44 UTC
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Jeff King wrote:
> It seems silly to argue about output formats when we are writing a
> prompt in a convenient Turing-complete scripting language already.
> What about something like:

Could you have a look at __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring from rr/zsh-color-prompt in pu? In the general case, wouldn't the user need to re-implement this entire function (with so many variables) in her ~/.zshrc? Isn't it horribly painful for too little gain?

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  1. 0/6 Minor prompt, completion cleanupsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  2. 1/6 prompt: don't scream continuation stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  3. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJun 3, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  7. Jeff KingJun 4, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  10. 2/6 completion: add common options for rev-parseRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  12. 3/6 completion: add common options for blameRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  13. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  15. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  17. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  19. 4/6 completion: correct completion for format-patchRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasJun 2, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 2, 2013
  22. 5/6 completion: clarify difftool completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  24. 6/6 completion: clarify ls-tree, archive, show completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  26. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  29. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  30. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2013
  32. SZEDER GáborJun 7, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2013

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