PowerShell cmdLet Get-PSReadLineOption

get-psReadLineOption returns a Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLineOptions object.

When I invoked get-psReadLineOption on my current environment, it returned the following option names and values:

  EditMode                                Vi 

  ContinuationPrompt                      >> 

  ContinuationPromptForegroundColor       White  not in PowerShell 7?

  ContinuationPromptBackgroundColor       Black  not in PowerShell 7?

  ExtraPromptLineCount                    0 

  AddToHistoryHandler                      A script block that determines if a command is added to the history

  CommandValidationHandler                 Called by ValidateAndAcceptLine/

  CommandsToValidateScriptBlockArguments  {ForEach-Object, %, Invoke-Command, icm...} 

  HistoryNoDuplicates                     False  Not in PowerShell 7

  MaximumHistoryCount                     4096 

  MaximumKillRingCount                    10 

  HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd           False 

  ShowToolTips                            False 

  DingTone                                1221 

  CompletionQueryItems                    100 

  WordDelimiters                          ;:,.[]{}()/\|^&*-=+'"–—― 

  DingDuration                            50 

  BellStyle                               Audible 

  PromptText                              {> }  Not in PowerShell .NET?

  HistorySearchCaseSensitive              False 

  ViModeIndicator                         None 

  HistorySavePath                         C:\Users\rene\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txt 

  HistorySaveStyle                        SaveIncrementally 

  DefaultTokenForegroundColor             White  Use default (not defaultToken) in set-psReadLineOption when modifying this color.

  CommentForegroundColor                  DarkGreen 

  KeywordForegroundColor                  Green 

  StringForegroundColor                   DarkCyan 

  OperatorForegroundColor                 DarkGray 

  VariableForegroundColor                 Green 

  CommandForegroundColor                  Yellow 

  ParameterForegroundColor                DarkGray 

  TypeForegroundColor                     Gray 

  NumberForegroundColor                   White 

  MemberForegroundColor                   White 

  DefaultTokenBackgroundColor             Black 

  CommentBackgroundColor                  Black 

  KeywordBackgroundColor                  Black 

  StringBackgroundColor                   Black 

  OperatorBackgroundColor                 Black 

  VariableBackgroundColor                 Black 

  CommandBackgroundColor                  Black 

  ParameterBackgroundColor                Black 

  TypeBackgroundColor                     Black 

  NumberBackgroundColor                   Black 

  MemberBackgroundColor                   Black 

  EmphasisForegroundColor                 Cyan 

  EmphasisBackgroundColor                 Black 

  ErrorForegroundColor                    Red 

  ErrorBackgroundColor                    Black 

In PowerShell 7, a background and foreground color pair is represented with one ANSI Escape code.

EditMode	Vi
ContinuationPrompt	>>
ContinuationPromptForegroundColor	White	not in PowerShell 7?
ContinuationPromptBackgroundColor	Black	not in PowerShell 7?
ExtraPromptLineCount	0
AddToHistoryHandler		A script block that determines if a command is added to the history
CommandValidationHandler		Called by `ValidateAndAcceptLine`/
CommandsToValidateScriptBlockArguments	{ForEach-Object, %, Invoke-Command, icm...}
HistoryNoDuplicates	False	Not in PowerShell 7
MaximumHistoryCount	4096
MaximumKillRingCount	10
HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd	False
ShowToolTips	False
DingTone	1221
CompletionQueryItems	100
WordDelimiters	;:,.[]{}()/\\|^&*-=+'"–—―
DingDuration	50
BellStyle	Audible
PromptText	{> }	Not in PowerShell .NET?
HistorySearchCaseSensitive	False
ViModeIndicator	None
HistorySavePath	`C:\Users\rene\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txt`
HistorySaveStyle	SaveIncrementally
DefaultTokenForegroundColor	White	Use `default` (not `defaultToken`) in `set-psReadLineOption` when modifying this color.
CommentForegroundColor	DarkGreen
KeywordForegroundColor	Green
StringForegroundColor	DarkCyan
OperatorForegroundColor	DarkGray
VariableForegroundColor	Green
CommandForegroundColor	Yellow
ParameterForegroundColor	DarkGray
TypeForegroundColor	Gray
NumberForegroundColor	White
MemberForegroundColor	White
DefaultTokenBackgroundColor	Black
CommentBackgroundColor	Black
KeywordBackgroundColor	Black
StringBackgroundColor	Black
OperatorBackgroundColor	Black
VariableBackgroundColor	Black
CommandBackgroundColor	Black
ParameterBackgroundColor	Black
TypeBackgroundColor	Black
NumberBackgroundColor	Black
MemberBackgroundColor	Black
EmphasisForegroundColor	Cyan
EmphasisBackgroundColor	Black
ErrorForegroundColor	Red
ErrorBackgroundColor	Black

PowerShell cmdLet Get-PSReadLineOption

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