# Use colorized output, necessary for prompts and completions.
autoload -U colors && colors
+# Some shortcuts for colors.
+local red="%{${fg[red]}%}"
+local blue="%{${fg[blue]}%}"
+local green="%{${fg[green]}%}"
+local yellow="%{${fg[yellow]}%}"
+local default="%{${fg[default]}%}"
+
# Set the default prompt. The current host and working directory is displayed,
# the exit code of the last command if it wasn't 0, the number of running jobs
# if not 0 and a + if this shell is running inside another shell.
# The prompt is in green and blue to make easily detectable, the error exit
# code in red and bold and the job count in yellow.
-PROMPT="%{${fg[green]}%}%B%m%b%{${fg[default]}%}:\
-%{${fg[blue]}%}%B%~%b%{${fg[default]}%} \
-%(1j.%{${fg[yellow]}%}%j%{${fg[default]}%}.)%(2L.+.)%# \
-%(?..(%{${fg[red]}%}%B%?%b%{${fg[default]}%}%) )"
+PROMPT="$green%B%m%b$default:$blue%B%~%b$default \
+%(1j.$yellow%j$default.)%(2L.+.)%# \
+%(?..($red%B%?%b$default%) )"
# VCS_Info was added in 4.3.9 but it works in earlier versions too. So load it
# if the necessary files are available in ~/.zsh/functions/vcs_info (often a
# is displayed. If there is an special action going on (merge, rebase)
# it's also displayed (red).
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' formats \
- "(%{${fg[green]}%}%b%{${fg[default]}%}:\
-%{${fg[blue]}%}%s%{${fg[default]}%})"
+ "($green%b$default:$blue%s$default)"
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' actionformats \
- "(%{${fg[green]}%}%b%{${fg[default]}%}/\
-%{${fg[red]}%}%a%{${fg[default]}%}:\
-%{${fg[blue]}%}%s%{${fg[default]}%})"
+ "($green%b$default/$red%a$default:$blue%s$default)"
# Call VCS_info as precmd before every prompt.
prompt_precmd() {
vcs_info
fi
fi
+unset red blue green yellow default
+
# When screen, xterm or rxvt is used set the name of the window to the
# currently running program.
#