Make Zsh never go below the last 3 lines on screen. Useful if KDE Panel covers bottom of terminal when working.

gistfile1.txt

# Little function to prevent Zsh from going below the bottom 3rd line of your terminal. 
# Michael Longval 
# mlongval <at> gmail.com 

# Tags:  KDE  Konsole  Zsh z-shell

# I was having trouble with KDE Panels covering my Konsole sometimes 
# (would have to stop typing and click the panel to make it automatically disappear.) 

# It works by printing 2 new-line characters and then going 2 lines back up
# to the original place, thus keeping your prompt always on the 3rd line from the bottom.

# Add this to your .zshrc

# Function to add newlines and move the cursor up
function add_padding() {
    # Add newlines
    print -n "\n\n"
    # Move cursor up 2 lines
    print -n "\e[2A"
}

# Store the existing prompt
ORIGINAL_PROMPT=$PROMPT

# Define a new prompt that includes padding and the original prompt
function prompt_with_padding() {
    add_padding
    print -n "${ORIGINAL_PROMPT}"
}

# Set the custom prompt function
PROMPT='$(prompt_with_padding)'

# Ensure the prompt is set correctly when precmd is called
precmd() { add_padding }