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     prompt_simple_setup(7) Mac OS X Darwin ZSH Customizations  prompt_simple_setup(7)

    NAME
           prompt_simple_setup  - function defining a very simple prompt (zsh-% in
           boldface for the local user), accompanied by dynamically updated title bar and tab labels.

           Issue the command prompt_simple_help for more information.

    	   prompt simple  [color1[color2[color3[string1[string2[string3]]]]]]

    	   Supply up to three colors and then up to three alternate static prompt strings .

    		color1 is the local prompt color: zsh-%    		        color1=default
    		color2 is the remote prompt color: $HOST:r:r-%  		color2=red
    	 	color3 is the screensession prompt color: Screen-%   		color3=default

    	   Allowed colorN options include:

    	    default,  black,  red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white

    	   stringN can be any (non-dynamic) text string or prompt special characters (eg: %m)

           All dynamic updating is relegated to the title bar and (if present, tabs) so that
           the prompt content may be kept to a minimum.  The prompt function now incorporates
           the successor to settab and settitle functions (as well as the chpwd function) within it.
           It avoids the explicit definition and use of special functions (as of zsh-4.3.4) such as
           chpwd, precmd, preexec, instead setting appropriate arrays. This is to prevent conflicts
           with user's prompt functions and so forth. (For older versions, it still uses these functions,
           but does so in such a way to try to minimize the chance of clobbering prior directives).

           This is designed to put by default the computer name and whole directory path
           into the title bar (and if availble) the $PWD and penultimate directory
           in the tab. Also enables transient display of a running command (eg vim).
           Currently works with iTerm (OSX) and konsole (KDE) tabs, and should work
           with any standard X-like term (and Apple's Terminal.app).

    SYNOPSIS
           prompt_simple_setup

    AUTHOR
           William Scott

    MAINTAINER
           W. G. Scott wgscott@users.sourceforge.net

    Mac OS X                        August 5, 2005          prompt_simple_setup(7)