Higlight slashes in the path to visualize the path components

[sudo-nice]

This is a feature request.

Please, compare these two screenshots:

Personally, I find it useful, and maybe you will like it too.
The method I use is buggy, as it can't handle % anywhere in the path:

diff --git a/pure.zsh b/pure.zsh
index e3813b7..fc96474 100644
--- a/pure.zsh
+++ b/pure.zsh
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@ prompt_pure_preprompt_render() {
# Initialize the preprompt array.
  local -a preprompt_parts
    -
# Set the path.
-       preprompt_parts+=('%F{blue}%~%f')
+       preprompt_parts+=('%F{blue}${${(%):-%~}//\//%B/%b}%f')
# Add git branch and dirty status info.
  typeset -gA prompt_pure_vcs_info

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[sindresorhus]

I would rather do the inverse and slightly dim the path separators.

[mafredri]

So something like preprompt_parts+=('%F{blue}${${(%):-%~}//\//%F{24\}/%f%F{blue\}}%f')? It could be hard to come up with a good dimmed color.

[sudo-nice]

It could be hard to come up with a good dimmed color.

Agree, I played with the background color, but nothing worked for me as good as a simple bold.

[sindresorhus]

@mafredri There's an ansi escape code for dimming: https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles/blob/f4df7e9fb69f14fc124cae0769fc17065c4413c5/index.js#L26

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[sudo-nice]

I've grown into the realization that having the last path component highlighted is more useful for me.

I do it this way:

function cwd() { print ${(D)PWD} }
function path_head() { print ${${"$(cwd)"%/*}} }
function esc_path_tail() { print ${${"$(cwd)"#"$(path_head)"}//\%/%%} } # escape '%'
function esc_path_head() { print ${$(path_head)//\%/%%} } # escape '%'
# ...
preprompt_parts+=('%F{${prompt_pure_colors[path]}}$(esc_path_head)%f%F{12}$(esc_path_tail)%f')

Feel free to reuse this snippet if you want to.

[TogoorooDev]

I can do this, should I make the slashes highlighted, or dimmed? Seems different people want different things