Merge branch 'next' into dritter/improve_shorten_dir_length

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## powerlevel9k Theme for ZSH
 
 Powerlevel9k is a theme for ZSH which uses [Powerline
-Fonts](https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts). It can be used with vanilla
+Fonts](https://github.com/powerline/fonts). It can be used with vanilla
 ZSH, [Oh-My-Zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh), or
 [Prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto), and can also be installed
 using [antigen](https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen).
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ this theme focus on four primary goals:
 - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
   - [Gaps Between Segments](#gaps-between-segments)
   - [Segment Colors are Wrong](#segment-colors-are-wrong)
+  - [Strange Characters in prompt](#strange-characters-in-prompt)
 - [Meta](#meta)
   - [Kudos](#kudos)
   - [Developing](#developing)
@@ -474,12 +475,21 @@ terminal, which should yield `256`. If you see something different, try setting
 
     TERM=xterm-256color
 
+#### Strange Characters in prompt
+
+If your prompt shows strange character like this:
+
+![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1544760/9156161/e0e584e6-3ed0-11e5-897a-2318a8e32d35.png)
+
+it is most likely that you set `POWERLEVEL9K_MODE="awesome-patched"`, but
+did not install an [awesome-font](https://github.com/gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts). For most other modes, you need a [powerline-patched](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) font.
+
 ### Meta
 
 #### Kudos
 
 This theme wouldn't have happened without inspiration from the original
-[agnoster](https://gist.github.com/agnoster/3712874) Oh-My-ZSH theme.
+[agnoster](https://github.com/agnoster/agnoster-zsh-theme) ZSH theme.
 
 Before creating this theme, I also tried [jeremyFreeAgent's
 theme](https://github.com/jeremyFreeAgent/oh-my-zsh-powerline-theme) and

powerlevel9k.zsh-theme

@@ -90,31 +90,31 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
     VCS_HG_ICON="\UE1C3  " # 
   ;;
   'compatible')
-    LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\U2B80" # ⮀
-    RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\U2B82" # ⮂
-    ROOT_ICON="\U26A1" # ⚡
+    LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\u2B80" # ⮀
+    RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\u2B82" # ⮂
+    ROOT_ICON="\u26A1" # ⚡
     RUBY_ICON=''
     AWS_ICON="AWS:"
-    BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON="\U2699" # ⚙
+    BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON="\u2699" # ⚙
     TEST_ICON=''
-    OK_ICON="\U2713" # ✓
-    FAIL_ICON="\U2718" # ✘
+    OK_ICON="\u2713" # ✓
+    FAIL_ICON="\u2718" # ✘
     SYMFONY_ICON="SF"
     APPLE_ICON='OSX'
     FREEBSD_ICON='BSD'
     LINUX_ICON='Lx'
     SUNOS_ICON='Sun'
     VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON='?'
-    VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON="\U25CF" # ●
-    VCS_STAGED_ICON="\U271A" # ✚
-    VCS_STASH_ICON="\U235F" # ⍟
-    VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES="\U2193" # ↓
-    VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES="\U2191" # ↑
+    VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON="\u25CF" # ●
+    VCS_STAGED_ICON="\u271A" # ✚
+    VCS_STASH_ICON="\u235F" # ⍟
+    VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES="\u2193" # ↓
+    VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES="\u2191" # ↑
     VCS_TAG_ICON=''
-    VCS_BOOKMARK_ICON="\U263F" # ☿
+    VCS_BOOKMARK_ICON="\u263F" # ☿
     VCS_COMMIT_ICON=''
     VCS_BRANCH_ICON='@'
-    VCS_REMOTE_BRANCH_ICON="\U2192" # →
+    VCS_REMOTE_BRANCH_ICON="\u2192" # →
     VCS_GIT_ICON='Git'
     VCS_HG_ICON='HG'
   ;;
@@ -156,31 +156,31 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
   *)
     # Powerline-Patched Font required!
     # See https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts
-    LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\UE0B0" # 
-    RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\UE0B2" # 
-    ROOT_ICON="\U26A1" # ⚡
+    LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\uE0B0" # 
+    RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\uE0B2" # 
+    ROOT_ICON="\u26A1" # ⚡
     RUBY_ICON=''
     AWS_ICON="AWS:"
-    BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON="\U2699" # ⚙
+    BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON="\u2699" # ⚙
     TEST_ICON=''
-    OK_ICON="\U2713" # ✓
-    FAIL_ICON="\U2718" # ✘
+    OK_ICON="\u2713" # ✓
+    FAIL_ICON="\u2718" # ✘
     SYMFONY_ICON="SF"
     APPLE_ICON='OSX'
     FREEBSD_ICON='BSD'
     LINUX_ICON='Lx'
     SUNOS_ICON='Sun'
     VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON='?'
-    VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON="\U25CF" # ●
-    VCS_STAGED_ICON="\U271A" # ✚
-    VCS_STASH_ICON="\U235F" # ⍟
-    VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES="\U2193" # ↓
-    VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES="\U2191" # ↑
+    VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON="\u25CF" # ●
+    VCS_STAGED_ICON="\u271A" # ✚
+    VCS_STASH_ICON="\u235F" # ⍟
+    VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES="\u2193" # ↓
+    VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES="\u2191" # ↑
     VCS_TAG_ICON=''
-    VCS_BOOKMARK_ICON="\U263F" # ☿
+    VCS_BOOKMARK_ICON="\u263F" # ☿
     VCS_COMMIT_ICON=''
-    VCS_BRANCH_ICON="\UE0A0 " # 
-    VCS_REMOTE_BRANCH_ICON="\U2192" # →
+    VCS_BRANCH_ICON="\uE0A0 " # 
+    VCS_REMOTE_BRANCH_ICON="\u2192" # →
     VCS_GIT_ICON=""
     VCS_HG_ICON=""
   ;;