[Solved] Zsh prompt issues

Hello,
Ive recently restored my arch system from a backup due to some problems. However I am now having an issue with my zsh prompt.
I have a .zshrc file in my home dir that was always obeyed by zsh before. Now when I log in the ~/.zshrc file is loaded because all my aliases still work but my prompt is not the one specified in ~/.zshrc file.
If I copy ~/.zshrc to /etc/zsh/zshrc then the prompt is loaded along with all the other aliases etc.
Can anyone suggest why this maybe as id like to keep the zsh settings on a per-user basis?
Thanks
EDIT: Sorry fixed by reinstalling zsh
Last edited by ck3mp (2013-04-07 13:01:27)

Not sure if this is directly relevant to your situation or not, but I encountered a very similar issue starting the other week; loading promptinit and selecting a theme would work, but setting a custom PS1= etc. through my ~/.zshrc no longer did, even though it was still being loaded. I similarly did not think to re-install the package, until I came across this thread. As part of doing so I had to remove several packages with a Zsh dependency. After re-installing Zsh, my normal PS1 etc. came back, but went away again after re-installing the other packages.
In my case, it appears extra/grml-zsh-config was the culprit; this package adds a lengthy /etc/zsh/zshrc, and the behaviour occurs when that file is present. I couldn't say if this is a bug or just intended behaviour (indeed, I only had GRML-Zsh-Config installed as a dependency for another package); either way, once identified, workarounds became possible.
Would be curious to know if this was also the case at your end (and if not, well... it seems there are a number of ways one can lose their Zsh prompt configuration!)

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A very advanced and programmable command interpreter (shell) for UNIX
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http://sprunge.us/YAQR
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Last edited by t0m5k1 (2013-07-16 15:50:58)

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lol yea got fed up with searching my history!
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