diff --git a/docs/source/tips-and-tricks.rst b/docs/source/tips-and-tricks.rst index 42a3a317..85713038 100644 --- a/docs/source/tips-and-tricks.rst +++ b/docs/source/tips-and-tricks.rst @@ -16,27 +16,33 @@ statusline: set laststatus=2 " Always display the statusline in all windows set noshowmode " Hide the default mode text (e.g. -- INSERT -- below the statusline) +Rxvt-unicode +============ + Terminus font and urxvt -======================= +----------------------- -The Terminus fonts does not have the powerline glyths and unless someone submits a patch to -the font author, it is unlikely to happen. However, Andre Klärner came up with this work around: -In your ``~/.Xdefault`` file add the following: +The Terminus fonts does not have the powerline glyphs and unless someone submits +a patch to the font author, it is unlikely to happen. However, Andre Klärner +came up with this work around: In your ``~/.Xdefault`` file add the following:: -``urxvt*font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12,xft:Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline:pixelsize=12`` + urxvt*font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12,xft:Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline:pixelsize=12 -This will allow urxvt to fallback onto the Inconsolata fonts in case it does not find the right -glyths within the terminus font. +This will allow urxvt to fallback onto the Inconsolata fonts in case it does not +find the right glyphs within the terminus font. Source Code Pro font and urxvt -============================== +------------------------------ -Much like the terminus font that was mentioned above, a similar fix can be applied to the Source Code Pro fonts. +Much like the terminus font that was mentioned above, a similar fix can be +applied to the Source Code Pro fonts. -In the ``~/.Xdefaults`` add the following: +In the ``~/.Xdefaults`` add the following:: -``URxvt*font: xft:Source\ Code\ Pro\ Medium:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true,xft:Source\ Code\ Pro\ Medium:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true`` + URxvt*font: xft:Source\ Code\ Pro\ Medium:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true,xft:Source\ Code\ Pro\ Medium:pixelsize=13:antialias=true:hinting=true -I noticed that Source Code Pro has the glyphs there already, but the pixel size of the fonts play a role in whether or not -the > or the < separators showing up or not. Using font size 12, glyphs on the right hand side of the powerline are present, -but the ones on the left don't. Pixel size 14, brings the reverse problem. Font size 13 seems to work just fine. +I noticed that Source Code Pro has the glyphs there already, but the pixel size +of the fonts play a role in whether or not the > or the < separators showing up +or not. Using font size 12, glyphs on the right hand side of the powerline are +present, but the ones on the left don't. Pixel size 14, brings the reverse +problem. Font size 13 seems to work just fine.