powerline/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst
Kim Silkebækken 6ac9f0d602 Restructure and improve installation docs
The installation docs have been split into separate guides for OS X and
Linux, with OS-specific troubleshooting as part of the installation
guide.

Terminal emulator support tables have been added to both guides.

Closes #121.
2013-01-24 17:35:16 +01:00

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I'm using tmux and Powerline looks like crap, what's wrong?
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* You need to tell tmux that it has 256-color capabilities. Add this to your
:file:`.tmux.conf` to solve this issue::
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
* If you're using iTerm2, make sure that you have enabled the setting
:guilabel:`Set locale variables automatically` in :menuselection:`Profiles
--> Terminal --> Environment`.
My vim statusline has strange characters like ``^B`` in it!
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* Please add ``set encoding=utf-8`` to your :file:`vimrc`.
My vim statusline has a lot of ``^`` or underline characters in it!
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* You need to configure the ``fillchars`` setting to disable statusline
fillchars (see ``:h fillchars`` for details). Add this to your
:file:`vimrc` to solve this issue:
.. code-block:: vim
set fillchars+=stl:\ ,stlnc:\
My vim statusline is hidden/only appears in split windows!
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* Make sure that you have ``set laststatus=2`` in your :file:`vimrc`.