From b38ca53d70b86524ee3e3eacf04e87187a3892b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Viktor (Icon) VAD" Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:34:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding valuable info to README Adding hint for Ubuntu (and variants) users which ttf package will help them to see the unicode fonts right. --- README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1b79404..9356bcb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ can check Bullet Train with some popular dark color schemes. In order to use the theme, you will first need: * Powerline compatible fonts like [Vim Powerline patched fonts](https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts), [Input Mono](http://input.fontbureau.com/) or [Monoid](http://larsenwork.com/monoid/). +* On Ubuntu like systems you'll need the `ttf-ancient-fonts` package to correctly display some unicode symbols that are not covered by the Powerline fonts above. * A ZSH framework like [antigen](https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen), [oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) or [zgen](https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen) * Make sure terminal is using 256-colors mode with `export TERM="xterm-256color"` * For [iTerm 2](http://iterm2.com/) users, make sure you go into your settings and set both the regular font and the non-ascii font to powerline compatible [fonts](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) or the prompt separators and special characters will not display correctly.