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* 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

[1] https://github.com/dolmen/angel-PS1

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

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

double click an element to change the color

Aha! Thank you!

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/

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

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