Slight update.. ksh prompt :: semicomplete.com

Found a few issues with the latest changes I made to my ksh prompt...


[ -w "/" ] && Z="#" || Z=">"; export Z

PROMPT='$(A=$?; /bin/echo -n $HOST"("`/bin/pwd | /usr/bin/sed -Ee "s,(/usr)?$HOME,~,"`") [!] "$([ $A -ne 0 ] && /bin/echo -n "!!${A}!! ")$Z" " )'

XTERM=

case $TERM in

   aterm|xterm|dtterm)

      XTERM='$(echo -n "\033]2;'${PROMPT%%$Z*}')\007" 1>&2)'

      ;;

   esac 

export PS1=$XTERM$PROMPT

Keep in mind that PROMPT is very long...
Previously, it didn't report exit codes due to kludges that made $? change to 0 due to the exit status of some of the crap that runs inside the prompt.

Huzzah. However, on a sad note I'll point out the obnoxious length of PS1 now...

nightfall(~) [569] > echo "${#PS1}"
257

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Slight update.. ksh prompt

Posted Sat, 09 Aug 2003

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