diff --git a/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst index ea78c28b..120d7107 100644 --- a/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst +++ b/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst @@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ strictly after :file:`powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh`. This way background jobs are spawned by `z `_ after powerline has done its job. +When using shell I do not see powerline fancy characters +-------------------------------------------------------- + +If your locale encoding is not unicode (any encoding that starts with “utf” or +“ucs” will work, case is ignored) powerline falls back to ascii-only theme. You +should set up your system to use unicode locale or forget about powerline fancy +characters. + Vim issues ==========