From 37145ef14d854bfb7ca65145e9bd86cefcfba060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rjorgenson Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:13:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] added documentation for custom host depth to README --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ef3207ac..54b5c519 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -240,9 +240,17 @@ it, but only display it if you are not your normal user or on a remote host To use this feature, make sure the `context` segment is enabled in your prompt elements (it is by default), and define a `DEFAULT_USER` in your `~/.zshrc`: +You can set the `POWERLEVEL9K_CONTEXT_HOST_DEPTH` variable to change how the +hostname is displayed. See (ZSH Manual)[http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html#Login-information] +for details. Default is set to %m which will show the hostname up to the first ‘.’ +You can set it to %{N}m where N is an integer to show that many segments of system +hostname. Setting N to a negative integer will show that many segments from the +end of the hostname. + | Variable | Default Value | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| |`DEFAULT_USER`|None|Username to consider a "default context" (you can also use `$USER`)| +|`POWERLEVEL9K_CONTEXT_HOST_DEPTH`|%m|Customizable host depth on prompt| ##### dir