# Erlang (`erlang`)

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    [**Erlang**](https://www.erlang.org/doc/) is a general-purpose, concurrent, functional programming language and a garbage-collected runtime system.

The `erlang` section shows Erlang version.

This section is only displayed when you have a `erl` command available and:

* Upsearch finds a `rebar.config` file
* Upsearch finds a `elang.mk` file

## Options

| Variable                  |              Default               | Meaning                              |
| :------------------------ | :--------------------------------: | ------------------------------------ |
| `SPACESHIP_ERLANG_SHOW`   |               `true`               | Show current section                 |
| `SPACESHIP_ERLANG_PREFIX` | `$SPACESHIP_PROMPT_DEFAULT_PREFIX` | Prefix before section                |
| `SPACESHIP_ERLANG_SUFFIX` | `$SPACESHIP_PROMPT_DEFAULT_SUFFIX` | Suffix after section                 |
| `SPACESHIP_ERLANG_SYMBOL` |                `𝐞 `                | Character to be shown before version |
| `SPACESHIP_ERLANG_COLOR`  |               `red`                | Color of section                     |