[SOLVED] zsh-syntax-highlighting is not working on startup, only when i source my .zshrc file again

[heavy carbon]

like i said in the title, zsh syntax highlighting, which i downloaded through pacman, isnt working for me only if source my .zshrc file again through the terminal or i source the zsh-syntax-highlighting itself again does it start working

Here is my .zshrc file:
PS1='%c: '

alias zshrc='nvim ~/.zshrc'
alias c='clear'
alias qqq='exit'

source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

I'm hoping someone could help me solve this issue, cause i have no clue what could be causing it.
Thanks in advance

[charred turtle]

zsh-syntax-highlighting needs to be sourced at the very end of your .zshrc.

[heavy carbon]

ye i know and i did

[charred turtle]

If it still happens, the most common cause on Arch is that something is sourcing after your .zshrc

[heavy carbon]

how can i find out what is sourcing after my .zshrc?

[charred turtle]

Run this zsh -xv 2>&1 | less

Reboot first then run it to make sure it's clean output.

[heavy carbon]

so i ran the command and im not sure what to make of it, it shows that the zsh-syntax-highlighting loads but when i scroll down it doesnt stop and it gets really glitchy and eventually just shows a bunch of BOBOBOBOBOBOB over and over

[charred turtle]

Run zsh -o NO_RCS -i -c 'source ~/.zshrc; echo "done"' and share the output.

[heavy carbon]

it just says "done"

[charred turtle]

Then your .zshrc itself is fine.

[heavy carbon]

huh, I just tried making a .test file with "echo test" and putting "source ~/.test" in my zshrc, this does work properly, it just refuses to source syntax highlighting for some reason

[charred turtle]

The issue is specific to zsh-syntax-highlighting being loaded at startup.

[heavy carbon]

im gonna try an older version

doesnt work either

[charred turtle]

Share your .zshrc!

[heavy carbon]

PS1='%c: '

alias zshrc='nvim ~/.zshrc'
alias c='clear'
alias qqq='exit'

source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

[charred turtle]

Looks fine. Try this

PS1='%c: '

alias zshrc='nvim ~/.zshrc'
alias c='clear'
alias qqq='exit'

autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook

_zsh_highlight_init() {
  source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
}

add-zsh-hook precmd _zsh_highlight_init

And reboot.

[heavy carbon]

It worked, thank you so much for the help! I really appreaciate it :)

[cedar stream]

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