xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

pants · 2010-07-16 16:26:16

I'll sum up my problem with the screenshot below.

Rather than display any unicode character, xmobar merely displays a blank space. I'd like to point out that I have compiled xmobar with utf8 support. If it helps any, the font I'm using is Cure, from artwiz, which I'm sure is a part of the problem but I'd like to keep if at all possible.

Last edited by pants (2010-07-17 00:18:23)

drot · 2010-07-16 17:36:39

cure doesn't support unicode characters.

valium97582 · 2010-07-16 19:35:14

Remember, put [SOLVED] in the thread title: help everyone!

pants · 2010-07-16 22:38:48

meh, solved I guess. Can you set a different font in different parts of the bar?

edit: Thinking back, the unicode characters displayed in the shot are being displayed in a terminal using Cure. What does urxvt do to display unicode characters in a font that doesn't support them, and is there some way to implement this in xmobar?

Last edited by pants (2010-07-16 23:17:15)

Mr.Elendig · 2010-07-17 11:32:47

Sidenote: There is a couple of bugs in xmobar in comminity regarding unicode. It's recomended to use xmobar-darcs instead.

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#1 2010-07-16 16:26:16

xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

#2 2010-07-16 17:36:39

Re: xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

#3 2010-07-16 19:35:14

Re: xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

#4 2010-07-16 22:38:48

Re: xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

#5 2010-07-17 11:32:47

Re: xmobar refuses to play nicely with unicode. [somewhat SOLVED]

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