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Notes: * As an idea, this is excellent. It's intuitive to use and provides full instructions on how to implement * Putting an element in any other position th

by Zhyl 5y ago

Notes: * As an idea, this is excellent. It's intuitive to use and provides full instructions on how to implement * Putting an element in any other position than the end of the prompt is fiddly. * I'd love for the option to to be able to colour elements. * More advanced or exotic element types such as Git Branch would be excellent (Not sure if Bash supports this, but I've seen it in some shells)

phit_ 5y ago
double click an element to change the color
- Zhyl 5y ago
  Aha! Thank you!
dopidopHN 5y ago
Bash do support git branch name and whatnot. That what got me into PS1 customization.
dolmen 5y ago
See also: * LiquidPrompt [0] (I'm a former maintainer) * angel-PS1 [1]: my pet project. Shell prompt code is generated at startup time from Perl code, and uses a Perl angel (not daemon) to get system information. [0] https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt [1] https://github.com/dolmen/angel-PS1 https://github.com/dolmen/angel-PS1
Jenk 5y ago
For the manual approach, git provides a shell script to generate the env var __git_ps1 for this very purpose.[1] [1]: https://git-scm.com/book/id/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Bash https://git-scm.com/book/id/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-En...
- cghendrix 5y ago
  Very cool, had no idea!
- teknopaul 5y ago
  I think a manual approach is covered with vim ;)
dom111 5y ago
I've shared it elsewhere too, but I made something similar a few years ago which provides what you were after: https://dom111.github.io/bash-ps1/ https://dom111.github.io/bash-ps1/
Rayhem 5y ago
There's one prompt in ZSH, the adam2 prompt[1], that I completely fell in love with due to the automatic horizontal rule since it makes tracing histories so much easier when dealing with long-scrolling outputs. I've never been able to find a similar feature in another prompt/shell, nor have I had the inclination to try and replicate it, but I'd be much more inclined to switch shells/try new prompts if that were available. [1]: https://imgur.com/1X9bY8X https://imgur.com/1X9bY8X
- indianboy42 5y ago
  The tide prompt for fish has an option to add a horizontal rule and spaces between each command

by Zhyl 5y ago

phit_ 5y ago

double click an element to change the color

Zhyl 5y ago
Aha! Thank you!

dopidopHN 5y ago

Bash do support git branch name and whatnot. That what got me into PS1 customization.

dolmen 5y ago

See also: * LiquidPrompt [0] (I'm a former maintainer) * angel-PS1 [1]: my pet project. Shell prompt code is generated at startup time from Perl code, and uses a Perl angel (not daemon) to get system information. [0] https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt [1] https://github.com/dolmen/angel-PS1 https://github.com/dolmen/angel-PS1

Jenk 5y ago

For the manual approach, git provides a shell script to generate the env var __git_ps1 for this very purpose.[1] [1]: https://git-scm.com/book/id/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Bash https://git-scm.com/book/id/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-En...

cghendrix 5y ago
Very cool, had no idea!
teknopaul 5y ago
I think a manual approach is covered with vim ;)

dom111 5y ago

I've shared it elsewhere too, but I made something similar a few years ago which provides what you were after: https://dom111.github.io/bash-ps1/ https://dom111.github.io/bash-ps1/

Rayhem 5y ago

There's one prompt in ZSH, the adam2 prompt[1], that I completely fell in love with due to the automatic horizontal rule since it makes tracing histories so much easier when dealing with long-scrolling outputs. I've never been able to find a similar feature in another prompt/shell, nor have I had the inclination to try and replicate it, but I'd be much more inclined to switch shells/try new prompts if that were available. [1]: https://imgur.com/1X9bY8X https://imgur.com/1X9bY8X

indianboy42 5y ago
The tide prompt for fish has an option to add a horizontal rule and spaces between each command