Show an indicator of the status of the last command run in eshell. To use, enable `eshell-fringe-status-mode' in `eshell-mode'. The easiest way to do this is by adding a hook: : (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook 'eshell-fringe-status-mode) This mode uses a rather hackish way to try and keep everything working in regard to `eshell-prompt-regexp', so if anything breaks please let me know. Some extra fringe bitmaps are provided. In case you prefer either or both of them over the default arrow bitmap. These are `efs-plus-bitmap' and `efs-minus-bitmap'. These show a `+' and `-' in the fringe respectively, instead of an arrow. These can be used by setting the `eshell-fringe-status-success-bitmap' and the `eshell-fringe-status-failure-bitmap' options.