Use colorized output with normal ls when GNU ls is not available.

[config/dotfiles.git] / zsh / rc

diff --git a/zsh/rc b/zsh/rc
index 52318bc88e50e3c2c72864c4042805bed1ca4a01..b16a5ca5918138e40de74fc8a46d77b7d4aa7691 100644 (file)
--- a/zsh/rc
+++ b/zsh/rc
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ setopt correct
 autoload -U colors && colors
 
 # Set the default prompt. The current host and working directory is displayed,
-# the exit code of the last command if it wasn't 0 and a + if this shell is
-# running inside another shell.
+# 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.
+# 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]}%} %(2L.+.)%# \
+%{${fg[blue]}%}%B%~%b%{${fg[default]}%} \
+%(1j.%{${fg[yellow]}%}%j%{${fg[default]}%}.)%(2L.+.)%# \
 %(?..(%{${fg[red]}%}%B%?%b%{${fg[default]}%}%) )"
 
 # Use new completion system.
@@ -97,6 +98,17 @@ alias -g G='| grep'
 
 # Improved ls which displays the files in columns (-C), visualises directories,
 # links and other special files (-F) and pages everything through less (L).
+#
+# If available use GNU ls with colorized output. If it isn't available use
+# normal ls which needs CLICOLOR_FORCE so it displays colors when used with a
+# pager.
+ls --color &> /dev/null
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    alias ls='ls --color'
+else
+    alias ls='CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 ls -G'
+fi
+# Main ls function.
 function ls() {
     command ls -C -F $* L
 }