`rprompt` disappears when using `zsh-defer` on any lines in zshrc with starship

[atoftegaard-git]

I've run into a wierd issue when using zsh-defer and starship together.

If I attempt to use zsh-defer on any lines in my .zshrc, the contents of RPROMPT no longer shows.
If I manually set RPROMPT to something in my .zshrc it shows.

I'm not sure if this is a zsh-defer bug or a starship bug.

[mcandre]

Experiencing similar corruption issues with integrating starship and zsh-defer.

eval "$(starship init zsh)" works directly.

zsh-defer eval "$(starship init zsh)" and zsh-defer . /prompt.sh(witheval "$(starship init zsh)"in/prompt.sh`), results in the prompt elements being treated as literal strings instead of shell commands.

Appears that zsh-defer is corrupting how eval behaves.

This is frustrating, as Starship takes so long to load that up arrow very often triggers ^[[A junk text appearing in new terminal tabs.

[romkatv]

@atoftegaard-git I think it's a bug in zsh, for which you've already found a workaround.

@mcandre Quotes in shells are tricky. Try zsh-defer eval '"$(starship init zsh)"'. Also keep in mind that deferred actions run under LOCAL_OPTIONS, so you might need to add setopt PROMPT_SUBST and maybe other things.

I've never encountered a prompt for which zsh-defer was the best solution. See https://github.com/romkatv/zsh-bench?tab=readme-ov-file#deferred-initialization

[mcandre]

Indeed, able to work around this somehow.

https://github.com/mcandre/dotfiles