There is now no difference between longstatus and status any more. Just use status, and if you just want to display it conditionally set POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_VERBOSE=false.

Also here I unified the use of named color codes to make the subsegment-display work.

README.md

@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ currently available are:
 * **rbenv** - Ruby environment information (if one is active).
 * **rspec_stats** - Show a ratio of test classes vs code classes for RSpec.
 * **status** - The return code of the previous command, and status of background jobs.
-* **longstatus** - Same as previous, except this creates a status segment for the *right* prompt.
 * **symfony2_tests** - Show a ratio of test classes vs code classes for Symfony2.
 * **symfony2_version** - Show the current Symfony2 version, if you are in a Symfony2-Project dir.
 * **time** - System time.
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ To specify which segments you want, just add the following variables to your
 `~/.zshrc`. If you don't customize this, the below configuration is the default:
 
     POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(context dir rbenv vcs)
-    POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(longstatus history time)
+    POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(status history time)
 
 #### The AWS Profile Segment
 
@@ -321,6 +320,13 @@ segment, as well:
     # Output time, date, and a symbol from the "Awesome Powerline Font" set
     POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M:%S \uE868  %d.%m.%y}"
 
+#### Showing Status
+
+Usually we display always the status, and in case a command failed, the return
+code of the last executed program. In case you want to display the status only
+if something special happend, you can set `POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_VERBOSE=false`
+in your `~/.zshrc`.
+
 #### Unit Test Ratios
 
 The `symfony2_tests` and `rspec_tests` segments both show a ratio of "real"