this is all a travesty but is that not simply the nature of dotfiles

prompt_zsh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+username="%F{40}%n%f"
+host="%U%F{40}%m%f%u"
+directory="%F{39}%~%f"
+error_marker="(%0(?.%F{46}✓%f.%F{124}✗%f))"
+
+export PROMPT="${username}@${host}:${directory} ${error_marker} "
+
+
+#https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html
+#https://dev.to/voracious/a-guide-to-customizing-the-zsh-shell-prompt-2an6
+#✓
+#✗

zsh_prompt

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-username="%F{40}%n%f"
-host="%F{40}%m%f"
-directory="%F{39}%~%f"
-error_marker="%0(?.%F{46}✓%f.%F{124}✗%f)"
-
-export PROMPT="${username}@${host}:${directory} ${error_marker} "
-
-#✓
-#✗