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Re: zsh prompt not updating until first 'chdir'

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From: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Timothy Luoma <luomat@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zsh prompt not updating until first 'chdir'
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 08:55:22 +0200
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Timothy Luoma wrote:
> 
> > in your .zshrc directly, setopt prompt_subst, and forget about
> > resetting it every time you cd?
> 
> PROMPT="
> ---------------------------------%t/%T ---------------------------------
> %S[OLDPWD: $dirstack[1]]
>       [PWD: %~]%s
> $SHORT_HOST> "
> 
> works great EXCEPT that OLDPWD doesn't get updated

Use single quotes instead of double quotes (and don't forget the
prompt_subst option). With double quotes, the variables are expanded
straightaway which is why they don't update.

Oliver

References:
- zsh prompt not updating until first 'chdir'
  - From: Timothy J. Luoma
- Re: zsh prompt not updating until first 'chdir'
  - From: Dan Nelson
- Re: zsh prompt not updating until first 'chdir'
  - From: Timothy Luoma

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