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Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?

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From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
To: "Frank Schwidom" <schwidom@xxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:56:09 -0400
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/27596>
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, at 1:47 PM, Frank Schwidom wrote:
> I want to create a multiline prompt. I am missing the code for carriage 
> return or newline.
>
> In bash my Prompt looks like:
>
> user@computer 2022-03-21 18:43:18:
> ~
> (ins)$
>
> This '(ins)' comes from readline in vi mode and tells me in which state I am.
>
> How can I create a newline in PS1?

Just insert an actual newline.

PS1='single-quoted stuff'$'\n''more single-quoted stuff'

-- 
vq

References:
- Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?
  - From: Frank Schwidom
- Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?
  - From: Mikael Magnusson
- Re: Hi, can someone help me to convert my bash PS1 to zsh?
  - From: Frank Schwidom

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