Powerline::Prompt

Make a useful prompt for your shell.

SYNOPSIS

examples/powerline-prompt.p6

#!/usr/bin/env perl6

use v6;
use Powerline::Prompt::Shell::Bash;

print Powerline::Prompt::Shell::Bash.new.draw;

SETUP

Bash

Daemon example

This is for faster setup

~/.bashrc

TEMP=$(tty)
POWERLINE_PORT=$((3333 + ${TEMP:9}))

perl6 examples/powerline-daemon.p6 --port=${POWERLINE_PORT} &

sleep 0.2 # wait for daemon to start

function _update_ps1() {
    local EXIT="$?"
    PS1="$(exec 5<>/dev/tcp/localhost/${POWERLINE_PORT} ; echo ${PWD} ${EXIT} >&5 ; cat <&5)"
}
if [ "$TERM" != "linux" ]; then
    PROMPT_COMMAND="_update_ps1; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
fi

Basic example

~/.bashrc

function _update_ps1() {
    PS1="$(examples/powerline-prompt.p6 $? 2> /dev/null)"
}

if [ "$TERM" != "linux" ]; then
    PROMPT_COMMAND="_update_ps1; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
fi