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Comment by vbezhenar | Hacker News Reader

I really like right prompt. My config is:

    PS1="%# "
    RPS1="%40<...<%~"

This way I have current directory information without eating precious space.

Other than that, I don't really use much zsh-specific functionality.

If you use the right prompt, make it automatically disappear so it doesn't get copied along when you select text in the terminal:

    setopt transient_rprompt

I use a 2 line prompt which obviates the need for that but nice tip all the same.

Thanks, that's very useful!

What does right prompt do, and what happens if the text you're typing runs into it?

> What does right prompt do

It displays configured text at right side of your terminal. My example displays current directory truncated to 40 characters.

> and what happens if the text you're typing runs into it?

It disappears.