Re: lining up RPS1 and PS1

[Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Miek Gieben (2005-06-06 11:43 +0100)
> [On 06 Jun, @12:35, Thorsten Kampe wrote in "Re: lining up RPS1 and PS1 ..."]
>> * Miek Gieben (2005-06-06 11:18 +0100)
>>> I've been looking into the RPS1 variable to spice up my prompt.
>>> Currently my prompt looks like this: (it's a 2-line prompt)
>>> 
>>> [some info]
>>> %
>>> 
>>> Now I wanted to make it look like this:
>>> [some info]                  [some more]
>>> %
>>> (where RPS1="[some more]")
>> 
>> Not directly the answer you're waiting for: most people don't like
>> two-line-prompts and use it only because their shell doesn't have an
>> RPROMPT/RPS1.
>> 
>> So the classic use for you would be
>> %                  [some info]
>> or
>> %                 [some more] [some info]
> 
> thanks for your answer. But this is indeed not answer I'm looking for :)
> 
> Changing my prompt in this way is too much of a change for my peace of
> mind :)

Well, okay. But see it like this: you're losing half of the screen/
/size/ for - probably - static information (meaning that "some
info"/"more info" doesn't change with every prompt).

And: please don't crosspost to .devel.

Thorsten