Re: Feature request for PS0

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/7/22 11:51 AM, Akbarkhon Variskhanov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Would it be possible to add an option or easy configuration of where PS0 is
> placed? 

Not easily. PS0 is a strictly bash feature, something that gets output
after the line is edited and completed. Prompting, line editing, and
redisplay are handled by readline. Readline doesn't have any capability
to add arbitrary strings in front of the line when hitting enter like this:

I really want to have PS0 appear side-by-side with PS1 but in front
> of it, so that the whole command line looks like this after having been
> read:
> ~ echo "Hello, Wo # not finished typing
> ~ echo "Hello, World!" # finished typing, pressing Enter
> 21:39:44 ~ echo "Hello, World!"
> Hello, World!

and I have no plans to add one.

If someone would like to take a shot at hooking into readline's accept-line
function like this, I'd be glad to look at the results.

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