

Iterm2 powerline install#
Lets install zsh using brew and make iTerm2 use it.

Now, let's add a whole bunch of complex stuff to files the user isn't familiar with either and hope for the best. degrades nicely if JS is turned off Installing powerline fonts for zsh + Prezto theme shell.

Also run the following command echo '\ue0b0 \u00b1 \ue0a0 \u27a6 \u2718 \u26a1 \u2699' to verify font is installed. Yes, they're cool and all, but most people have difficulty working in a shell to begin with. Open iTerm2 and navigate to Preferences -> Profiles -> Text and verify you have the ProFont for Powerline font installed. zshrc files to see what modifications were made to your prompt and then possibly try to decipher which Unicode symbol the theme was going for.Īnd not trying to be a negative Nelly here, I believe this needs to be said: This is one of the issues I have with all these ZSH theme and customization packs. You can try reinstalling and watch for errors to see what does/doesn't get installed.Īt minimum, we need to see your. There are probably pre-requisites and/or dependencies for Prezto and the Powerlevel10k themes (maybe even the solarized theme as well) that didn't get installed. Install Powerline and necessary fonts, one way is using PIP. For example, in iTerm2 powerline prompt looks perfect at font sizes 11 and 13 but breaks down at 12. The question mark in a box is placeholder for a symbol from a font set it doesn't recognize. Open up your ZSH preferences at /.zshrc and change the theme variable to ZSHTHEMEcobalt2. Icons, glyphs or powerline symbols dont render. Powerlevel10k will still work but the choice of prompt styles will be limited if your current font isn't very capable. You may, however, refuse to install the font and proceed with prompt configuration. For best experience, say "Yes", restart iTerm2 when prompted and then run p10k configure again. If you aren't yet using the recommended font, the configuration wizard will ask whether you want to install it. Whenever you change your terminal or terminal font, you need to run p10k configure. This usually happens when you configure Powerlevel10k in one terminal with one font, and then use the same config either in a different terminal or with a different font. On the screenshot Powerlevel10k displays a question mark because it thinks your terminal can display it. As long as it knows the capabilities of your terminal and font, it'll stick to symbols that can be rendered correctly. what symbols it uses to communicate information. What your screenshot shows is Zsh prompt defined by Powerlevel10k.
