Changing to a zsh-theme that appears not to suffer from the offset

madness from plain putty

themes/lust.zsh-theme

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ $(myjobs)%(!.%{$fg[red]%}#.%{$fg[cyan]%}❯)%{$reset_color%} '
     }
 
     # display exitcode on the right when >0
-    return_code="%(?..%{$fg[magenta]%}%? ↲ %{$reset_color%}) "
+    return_code="%(?..%F{magenta}%? ↲ %f) "
  
     RPROMPT='${return_code}$(git_prompt_info)$(git_prompt_short_sha)$(my_git_prompt_status_and_time)'
 

zshrc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
 # Look in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
 # Optionally, if you set this to "random", it'll load a random theme each
 # time that oh-my-zsh is loaded.
-ZSH_THEME="lust"
+ZSH_THEME="steeef"
 
 # Example aliases
 # alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ alias gdc="gd --cached"
 alias gg="git lg"
 alias gcm="git commit -am"
 alias mk="make"
-alias v="vim"
 
 alias ds="dirs -v | head -10"
 alias d="gd"