Merge remote-tracking branch 'dritter/dritter/various_improvements' into staging

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71dfceb2..2e55d579 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ this theme focus on three primary goals:
   - [Special Segment Colors](#special-segment-colors)
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
   - [Gaps Between Segments](#gaps-between-segments)
+  - [Segments are printed in strange colors](#segments-are-printed-in-strange-colors)
 - [Meta](#meta)
   - [Kudos](#kudos)
   - [Developing](#developing)
@@ -277,8 +278,8 @@ to a certain length:
 By default the time is show in 'H:M:S' format. If you want to change it, 
 just set another format in your `~/.zshrc`:
 
-    # Reversed time format
-    POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT='%D{%S:%M:%H}' 
+    # Output date and time with a nice symbol (awesome-terminal-font required)
+    POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M:%S \uE868  %d.%m.%y}"
 
 #### Unit Test Ratios
 
@@ -435,6 +436,16 @@ Thankfully, this is easy to fix. This happens if you have successfully installed
 Powerline fonts, but did not make a Powerline font the default font in your
 terminal emulator (e.g., 'terminator', 'gnome-terminal', 'konsole', etc.,).
 
+#### Segments are printed in strange colors
+
+Besides of choosing the right color scheme for your terminal editor, you should
+be aware that your terminal is capable of displaying 256 colors. You can check 
+that by invoking `echotc Co` in your terminal. It should show 256. If it shows
+less than that, you have to set a terminal that is capable of displaying 256
+colors like `xterm-256color` in your `~/.zshrc`:
+
+    TERM=xterm-256color
+
 ### Meta
 
 #### Kudos