Remove empty line

[qazip]

There is an empty line between subsequent prompts. This can be seen in the image that it is in the README. For example, there is a line between "Exit 1" and "~".

Is it possible to remove this line? I find it wastes to much space.

[PerBothner]

Note that with shell integration a terminal can use some other visual separator between commands, so the empty line is redundant.

[0xBADDCAFE]

I locally patch like this:

diff --git a/pure.zsh b/pure.zsh
index ddb0e30..3dad87d 100644
--- a/pure.zsh
+++ b/pure.zsh
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ prompt_pure_preprompt_render() {
 
 	if [[ $1 == precmd ]]; then
 		# Initial newline, for spaciousness.
-		print
+		# print
 	elif [[ $prompt_pure_last_prompt != $expanded_prompt ]]; then
 		# Redraw the prompt.
 		prompt_pure_reset_prompt

---

It is prefer to keep current behavior for other users, so how about create new option value like PURE_STRIP_NEW_LINE ?

[sindresorhus]

#526 (comment)

[bishopb]

You can hack around pure's current opinion with a custom implementation of print:

print() {
  [ 0 -eq $# -a "prompt_pure_precmd" = "${funcstack[-1]}" ] || builtin print "$@";
}

This implementation of print masks the built-in. When print is called with zero arguments inside a function named prompt_pure_precmd it does nothing (instead of printing an empty line); otherwise it behaves exactly as the print built-in.

Put this in your .zshrc before initializing pure and you're good to go.

Future updates to how pure behaves may invalidate this hack. Caveat emptor.

[james-prado]

@bishopb Is there anyway to prevent the new line only when the terminal is cleared or when first opening the terminal?

When I open a new terminal this happens:

The custom print() function works well, but I only want to run it when the terminal is first opened, or after running clear. Do you know how to do something like this?

[bishopb]

The custom print() function works well, but I only want to run it when the terminal is first opened, or after running clear. Do you know how to do something like this?

@james-prado, not easily: you'd have to provide context to that print function so that it was aware when it was called in those conditions. I'd probably approach it by using an environment variable to keep track of the state, making an alias for clear, checking for a login shell's command depth, etc. Pretty gnarly.

[james-prado]

@bishopb Thanks for the reply. Yea that's a fair bit to go through just to remove a new line. I've learned to live with it for now.

[LangLangBart]

Do you know how to do something like this?

Using @bishopb's function and a slightly modified function from stackoverflow this works for new tabs/windows, but not for clear.