Hi @scopatz, @arkhan,

Prompt-toolkit doesn't support this RPROMPT yet, but we can definitely implement that. It's an interesting feature.

I just tried RPROMPT in zsh, and it seems that it is hidden when the text flows over it. Is that what you would expect?

We can probably implement that in the default layout from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts by adding a right aligned float. One that is only displayed if the underlying region is still empty.

Are there any other variations to this RPROMPT, known in other shells? Maybe we need a more generic, universal solution, that is more flexible than what I currently have in mind.

Jonathan

Hi @jonathanslenders RPROPMT is totally new to me. The first I have heard of it has been from @arkhan. I agree that the implementation is way easier if you allow it to be overwritten when the input becomes too long. Is this what you were expecting @arkhan?

if the idea is to have separate prompt, left and right

Hi all, rprompt has been added to prompt-toolkit. It's commited to the master branch.
Can you have a look at this commit a666010 and see whether that is what you expect?

cool, but how to instegrate in xonsh...?

Thanks @jonathanslenders! @arkhan this is something that will need to be changed in xonsh.ptk.shell Please feel free to open up a PR to xonsh for this, otherwise it will have to wait for someone else to get to it. Thanks!

@jonathanslenders I have now implemented what I believe are the correct hooks in xonsh/xonsh#696

Thanks again!

+1

Ok, closing this. A new release should follow one of these days.