From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:44:23 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] prompt: don't scream continuation state Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20130603211556.GB23224@sigill.intra.peff.net> 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?