How can I set my prompt to be colourized in 256 colours? I am looking for an equivalent to the bash prompt:
local DEFAULT="\[\033[0;39m\]"
local ROOK="\[\033[38;5;24m\]"
PS1="${ROOK}\$${DEFAULT} "
export PS1='%F{214}%K{123}%m%k%f'
From man zshmisc
:
%F (%f)
Start (stop) using a different foreground colour, if supported by the terminal. The colour may be specified two ways: either as a numeric argument, as normal, or by a sequence in braces following the %F, for example %F{red}. In the latter case the values allowed are as described for the fg zle_highlight attribute; see Char‐
acter Highlighting in zshzle(1). This means that numeric colours are allowed in the second format also.
%K (%k)
Start (stop) using a different bacKground colour. The syntax is identical to that for %F and %f.
Also to try it out it could be used like that:
$> print -P '%F{214}%K{123}%m%k%f'
First, ensure that your terminal supports 256 colors, which I suppose you already have. Second, use a PS1
variable with the correct code, for example:
export PS1='%{^[[01;38;05;214;48;05;123m%}%m%{^[[0m%} '
This will give you a prompt with the host name in bold, with a foreground color of 214 and a background color of 123.
Note that the ^[
is "entered" by typing Ctrl+v and Ctrl+[. See this excellent article "That 256 Color Thing" for the whole list of attributes.
gnome-terminal
does support 256 colors.
Apr 1, 2013 at 4:11
export PS1='%{[38;5;24m%};%{[0m%} '
is exactly what I wanted.