diff --git a/dot_zshenv b/dot_zshenv
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+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+
+export EDITOR="kate -n -b"
+
+export ZDOTDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh"
+
+export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket"
+export DEBUGINFOD_URLS="https://debuginfod.archlinux.org"
+
+export GNUPGHOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/gnupg
diff --git a/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc b/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc
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+autoload -Uz promptinit
+promptinit
+
+prompt walters