From: Iain Patterson <me@iain.cx>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:31:43 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Some ps1 state variables need wider scope.
X-Git-Url: http://git.iain.cx/?p=profile.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a11b3078d41e36fbdbab3f1773896a1d5c07cb15

Some ps1 state variables need wider scope.
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diff --git a/.profile.d/ps1.bashrc b/.profile.d/ps1.bashrc
index e7d3658..80ad1da 100644
--- a/.profile.d/ps1.bashrc
+++ b/.profile.d/ps1.bashrc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function __ps1_colour_for() {
   local colour=
   local ret=
   for colour in "${1}_colour${__ps1_colours}" "${1}_colour"; do
-    ret=$(eval echo -n "\$$colour")
+    eval "export ret=\$$colour"
     [ -n "$ret" ] && break
   done
   echo -n $ret
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function __ps1_colour_for() {
 function __ps1_prefix() {
   local var=\$${2#\$}
   local prefix=${__ps1_all%$var*}
-  local all="$(eval echo $prefix)"
+  eval "all=\$$prefix"
   [ "${all/1/}" = "$all" ] || echo -n " "
   return $1
 }
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function prompt() {
   fi
 
   what="$(echo $2 | env LANG= LC_ALL= LC_CTYPE= tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-  eval __ps1_$what=$action
+  eval "__ps1_$what=$action"
 }
 
 __ps1