Re: Fwd: Re: %N in prompt shows "_zsh_highlight_call_widget" on Ctrl-L instead of e.g. "/usr/bin/zsh" or "-zsh" since recently (#414)

[Axel Beckert <abe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bart,

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 09:59:49AM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Feb 7,  8:48am, Axel Beckert wrote:
> } Everytime I press Ctrl-L in my xterm, %N inside my prompt shows
> } _zsh_highlight_call_widget instead of e.g. /usr/bin/zsh or -zsh
[…]
> In what circumstances would you expect to need %N in PS1?  That is,
> the reason to use any %-expando is to display information that will
> change after the prompt is assigned.  If there is no case in which
> you would expect %N to return something different, then you should
> not need to use it.

You're right. The main issue is probably that I wrote that part years
ago and was surprised that its behaviour changed. But I can't remember
anymore why I've chosen %N over $0. Will replace it with $0 and see if
that works out as expected.

		Kind regards, Axel
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