From 2f89175d8dd31848df53d21e7dc57a9e882de150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Pflug Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:24:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Mention problems that might occur when LANG/encoding is not set up correctly --- FAQ.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index e564a9f..7e3adca 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Also, the older deprecated [vim-powerline][a] uses different font codes compared If you are using rxvt-unicode, try using an odd font size, 11, 13, 15 etc. in your .Xdefaults +If you are using vim in the Terminal on OSX, check that the environment variables `LC_ALL` and `LANG` are set to a sensible value (such as en_US.UTF8). If `:echo encoding` does not show `utf8` there is a very good chance that these settings are not correct. + #### The powerline font symbols are partially messed up You are likely using the [fontconfig](https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation/linux.html#font-installation) method. If that is the case, you need to override the space character like so: