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ohmybash / oh-my-bash

A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
https://ohmybash.github.io
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Terminal has missing symbol why iTerm does not #511

Closed curiouslaw closed 6 months ago

curiouslaw commented 6 months ago

OS: MacOS Ventura 13.6.3

I just noticed this weirdness, there is an unknown symbol in Terminal, while it doesn't occur in iTerm. It occurs of the solid right/left pointing triangle. Here is the screenshot.

Screenshot 2023-12-25 at 9 54 53 PM

Let me know if you need more information.

akinomyoga commented 6 months ago

This is because some themes in Oh My Bash require the terminal's support for the Powerline fonts. iTerm2 has built-in support for rendering Powerline glyphs, which is special to iTerm2. For other typical terminals including Terminal, you need to install any powerline font and configure it for the terminal. The way to install and configure the powerline fonts is described in the following Q&A:

curiouslaw commented 6 months ago

Ahh yes you're right, thanks for the explanation and solution @akinomyoga!