zsh as ksh in 5.3

[William H. Magill]

Is there anything "strange" about zsh as ksh in 5.3 on the Alpha?
(or maybe with the term configurations ... TERM=xterm-color or vt100)

I'm trying to stick a newline in my prompt.

With "set -x" on, the prompt string displays correctly as a two line 
prompt.
However, after being set, the actual screen prompt displays only the 
second
line; as if the newline is being eaten by termio. ("set" displays the 
prompt,
PS1, correctly as a 2 line prompt.)

I'm evoking zsh as ksh from /etc/passwd as my login shell.

The prompt string works as expected (2 line output) in ksh under Tru64.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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