Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> writes:

>> My patch does not solve this scenario, but on the other hand, when I try
>> this experiment in a terminal with bash, not putting a reset does give a
>> coloured prompt, i.e., in the following the 2nd "~/src$" is in yellow:
>>
>>     ~/src$ echo $'\e[33mhello'
>>     hello
>>     ~/src$
>>
>> So should eshell really be any different?
>
> Yes. Definitely. Eshell _already_ is very different and that's why we use
> it. Bash is hardly a role model in the world of shells.
>
> In the case of bash, the issue probably stems back from historical limitations
> of VT* terminals. Something that does not make sense to emulate in modern
> computers.
>
> I don't see any use case for letting the SGR color the shell. If you want to
> change you shell from a command, Elisp is your friend...

Hmm, seems easy enough to fix: