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How can I put a newline in my zsh prompt without causing terminal redraw issues?

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I'm trying to fix a minor (but annoying) issue with my zsh prompt. The problem I'm seeing is that when I'm using a terminal in a GUI OS environment (for example, Terminal.app or iTerm 2 on OS X 10.7.2) and resize the terminal window, the terminal is redrawn with extra prompts. I've reproduced the iā€¦

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export PROMPT=">
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