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AirsoftHamster

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Registered: 2020-11-10

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[SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

Image: https://imgur.com/a/xdXtWNC

I installed pip using

sudo pacman -S python-pip

then ran

sudo pip install --user powerline

then added this

if [ -f `which powerline-daemon` ]; then
  powerline-daemon -q
  POWERLINE_BASH_CONTINUATION=1
  POWERLINE_BASH_SELECT=1
  . /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh
fi

to my .bashrc. Now I get powerline in bash, but it doesn't look right.

Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad E590
Kernel: Linux-Zen 5.9
WM: i3
DM: LightDM
Terminal: URxvt

Last edited by AirsoftHamster (2020-11-13 22:08:43)

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

You need to use a font that contains the appropriate symbols.

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Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

You should not use 'sudo' to install with pip --user.  Though I don't believe that's related to the current issue.  The current problem is simply that you need a font in your terminal that provides those symbols.  What font are you currently using?  What's the content of your ~/.Xdefaults and/or ~/.Xresources?

Last edited by Trilby (2020-11-13 18:29:43)

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AirsoftHamster

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Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

.Xresources (I use URxvt):

! font
URxvt.font: xft:monospace:size=11

! scrollBar
URxvt.scrollBar: false

! colors
! special
*.foreground:   #c5c8c6
*.background:   #1d1f21
*.cursorColor:  #c5c8c6
! black
*.color0:       #282a2e
*.color8:       #373b41
! red
*.color1:       #a54242
*.color9:       #cc6666
! green
*.color2:       #8c9440
*.color10:      #b5bd68
! yellow
*.color3:       #de935f
*.color11:      #f0c674
! blue
*.color4:       #5f819d
*.color12:      #81a2be
! magenta
*.color5:       #85678f
*.color13:      #b294bb
! cyan
*.color6:       #5e8d87
*.color14:      #8abeb7
! white
*.color7:       #707880
*.color15:      #c5c8c6

! Extensions
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/xdg-open
URxvt.matcher.button: 1

.Xdefaults has nothing in it.

AirsoftHamster

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Registered: 2020-11-10

Posts: 74

Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

You need to use a font that contains the appropriate symbols.

What font would that be? I tried running

sudo pacman -S powerline-fonts

like it said in the guide I was reading but it didn't work.

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

You need to actually configure urxvt to use the font, not just install it.

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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AirsoftHamster

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Registered: 2020-11-10

Posts: 74

Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

How might I do that? Sorry, I'm new to arch.

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

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Re: [SOLVED] Powerline in bash looks like rectangles

By reading the wiki.

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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