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Jaybee
Jaybee

Reputation: 41

How do I define hexadecimal RBG triplets for ZSH?

According to the ZSH manual, for ZSH V5.1+ colors should be able to be defined as a # followed by an RGB color code as a hexadecimal triplet, for eg. #ff00ff. However, I have found no documentation that provides a concrete example to demonstrate how exactly this is achieved, and no matter how I try to define a color variable, it never seems to produce the color I want (or any color for that matter). I have tried all of the following formats and none have worked so far when I attempt to use them in %F or %K in the prompt definition (eg. PS1="%F{$var} >> %f")

var=#ff00ff
var="#ff00ff"
var='#ff00ff'
var=$"#ff00ff"
var=$'#ff00ff'

I am running the shell in the kitty terminal emulator, which has truecolor support enabled by default. All 255 color numbers (eg. var=231) in zsh work just fine, color names (eg. yellow) as well. I am currently running ZSH V5.5.1. I have looked for information on the zsh manual page [] and so far nohing more than a mention about it is provided.

I'm looking for an example of how to define hex code colors (and assign them to variables) in no uncertain terms.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 575

Answers (1)

Jaybee
Jaybee

Reputation: 41

After some more experimentation, I determined that the problem was partly the documentation, and partly the version. In essence, to declare hex triples in zsh you use the format var='#f0f0f0'. For this to work it is required that you have ZSH V5.7+, despite what the documentation may say about it working in ZSH V5.1+

I hope this answer will be helpful to anybody else who encounters this difficulty.

Upvotes: 1

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