[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#772985: Bug#772985: In Vi mode, show whether "insert" or "command" state is active

[Axel Beckert]

Control: tag -1 + upstream

Hi Jason,

Jason Spiro wrote:
> Zsh's Vi emulation does not show the user which mode is active.

There are quite some examples out there how to configure/implement
that in your .zshrc. The first hit on DuckDuckGo[1] even has a link to
further implementations[2] which again have links to further
implementations[3][4].

[1] http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2012/09/vi-mode-indicator-in-zsh-prompt/
[2] https://superuser.com/questions/151803/how-do-i-customize-zshs-vim-mode
[3] http://zshwiki.org/home/examples/zlewidgets
[4] https://pthree.org/2009/03/28/add-vim-editing-mode-to-your-zsh-prompt/

Especially [3] and [4] have very compact examples.

> It would be very good if zsh, too, would show the user which mode was
> active.  You can do this any way you like.

The idea of Zsh packaged for Debian is to preset as less as necessary
and allow the users to configure zsh completely to their tastes.

So this is nothing we would implement in Debian's zsh, but if someone
thinks it would be nice to have a pre-configured prompt with this
feature included in the shipped example prompts, please contact
upstream at zsh-workers at zsh.org -- preferable with an according patch.

> P.S.  Thank you very much for helping to maintain zsh.  It's perhaps
> the most featureful shell out there, and I like it.

Thanks, you're welcome!

		Regards, Axel
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