Re: print color escapes

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 31,  9:47pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
}
} tried various things, but can't find a legit way of printing the values 
} of the color escapes.  How should it be done?

You probably want either ${(V)fg[cyan]} or ${(q)fg[cyan]}.

torch% print -r ${(V)fg[cyan]}
^[[36m
torch% print -r ${(q)fg[cyan]}
$'\033'\[36m

} I'd expect 'print 
} -r' to 'stay literal' with the expanded variable but no luck.

It is staying literal with the expanded variable.  The variable has a
literal escape (ascii 033) in the value, not the string backslash e,
so print -r emits that literal escape etc.  It's the terminal that
then turns that into a color, not the print command.