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authorDominik Ritter <dritter03@googlemail.com>2015-08-09 21:05:21 +0300
committerDominik Ritter <dritter03@googlemail.com>2015-08-09 21:05:21 +0300
commit0159559c6a5552822cc0cd1d9a8610db76a174cf (patch)
tree25b1626efc8542e26cde1b715c0cbfff13851a86
parent1c08efafa32c3f78a6ac09bf0810f10396104934 (diff)
Added some hints about troubleshooting missing fonts.
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@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ this theme focus on four primary goals:
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Gaps Between Segments](#gaps-between-segments)
- [Segment Colors are Wrong](#segment-colors-are-wrong)
+ - [Strange Characters in prompt](#strange-characters-in-prompt)
- [Meta](#meta)
- [Kudos](#kudos)
- [Developing](#developing)
@@ -462,6 +463,15 @@ terminal, which should yield `256`. If you see something different, try setting
TERM=xterm-256color
+#### Strange Characters in prompt
+
+If your prompt shows strange character like this:
+
+![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1544760/9156161/e0e584e6-3ed0-11e5-897a-2318a8e32d35.png)
+
+it is most likely that you set `POWERLEVEL9K_MODE="awesome-patched"`, but
+did not install an [awesome-font](https://github.com/gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts). For most other modes, you need a [powerline-patched](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) font.
+
### Meta
#### Kudos