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Re: forwarded message

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: hniksic@xxxxxxx (Hrvoje Niksic)
Subject: Re: forwarded message
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:25:37 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <kig9104rni3.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Hrvoje Niksic" at Jun 21, 97 05:20:36 pm

Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> The %{...%} is working just fine.  The problem is sequences like
>> "\033", which have no special meaning in PS1.
>
>What is the issue with these anyway?  I'd think them trivial to code,
>given all the other stuff Zsh contains.

They would be trivial, but I do not recommend doing it because it would
break things.  % is the only special character in PS1, and it is good
to keep the rule this simple.

-zefram

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