ZSH prompt with finger guns 👉 😎 👉 (requires emoji support)

fingerguns.zsh-theme

# Don't forget to set COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS=false in your .zshrc - it doesn't always play nice with multiline prompts

# Troubleshooting breadcrumbs:
# Prompt design: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html#Prompt-Expansion
# Zsh Line Editor (zle): http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html

#Broken down into its component pieces because I was tired of looking at a nearly incomprehensible string
FG_USER_BADGE=$'%{$fg_bold[green]%}%n@%m%{$reset_color%}'
FG_TIMESTAMP=$'%{$fg[blue]%}%D{[%X]}%{$reset_color%}'
FG_CWD_DISPLAY=$'%{$fg[white]%}[%~]%{$reset_color%}'
FG_SHELL_DISPLAY=$'%{$fg_bold[blue]%}%#%{$reset_color%}'

#We use the %G to 'glitch' zsh into forcing the string to take up 3 character widths %{string%3G%}
FG_GUNS_WAITING=$'%(?.%{👆😎👆%3G%}.%{👎😠👎%3G%})'
FG_GUNS_FIRED=$'%(?.%{👉😎👉%3G%}.%{👎😠👎%3G%})'
FG_GUNS_DISPLAY=$FG_GUNS_WAITING

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[green]%}["
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="]%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY=" %{$fg[red]%}*%{$fg[green]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN=""

#Setup prompt lol
function ⚒⌨️ () {
  PROMPT=$''"$FG_USER_BADGE $FG_TIMESTAMP $FG_CWD_DISPLAY"' $(git_prompt_info)
'"$FG_GUNS_DISPLAY $FG_SHELL_DISPLAY "
}

function 👆🔫💥💥 () {
  # Shoot them finger guns
  FG_GUNS_DISPLAY=$FG_GUNS_FIRED
  zle accept-line
  ⚒⌨️

  # Reload em
  zle reset-prompt
  FG_GUNS_DISPLAY=$FG_GUNS_WAITING
  ⚒⌨️
  # I've got some things in this file like a $TIMESTAMP and $SHORTRAND so i always have
  #   Easy access to make a unique filename or temp folder or whatevs.
  if [ -f ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/handy-vars.zsh ]; then
    source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/handy-vars.zsh
  fi
}

PROMPT=""
⚒⌨️
zle -N 👆🔫💥💥
bindkey '^M' 👆🔫💥💥

Today's update: 'refactor' the variable names so I don't do dingus stuff like overwriting something as heavily used as $USER.
All the internal variables are now prefixed with FG_ and USER in particular is now FG_USER_BADGE.

Hooray for scoping.