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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:40:16 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:40:16 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/troubleshooting/osx.rst b/docs/source/troubleshooting/osx.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b61063e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/troubleshooting/osx.rst @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +*********************** +Troubleshooting on OS X +*********************** + +I can’t see any fancy symbols, what’s wrong? +-------------------------------------------- + +* If you’re using iTerm2, please update to `this revision + <https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/8e3ad6dabf83c60b8cf4a3e3327c596401744af6>`_ + or newer. Also make sure that Preferences>Profiles>Text>Non-ASCII Font is the same as + your main Font. +* You need to set your ``LANG`` and ``LC_*`` environment variables to + a UTF-8 locale (e.g. ``LANG=en_US.utf8``). Consult your Linux distro’s + documentation for information about setting these variables correctly. + +The colors look weird in the default OS X Terminal app! +------------------------------------------------------- + +* The arrows may have the wrong colors if you have changed the “minimum + contrast” slider in the color tab of your OS X settings. +* The default OS X Terminal app is known to have some issues with the + Powerline colors. Please use another terminal emulator. iTerm2 should work + fine. + +The colors look weird in iTerm2! +-------------------------------- + +* The arrows may have the wrong colors if you have changed the “minimum + contrast” slider in the color tab of your OS X settings. +* If you're using transparency, check “Keep background colors opaque”. + +Statusline is getting wrapped to the next line in iTerm2 +-------------------------------------------------------- + +* Turn off “Treat ambigious-width characters as double width” in `Preferences + --> Text`. +* Alternative: remove fancy dividers (they suck in this case), set + :ref:`ambiwidth <config-common-ambiwidth>` to 2. + +I receive a ``NameError`` when trying to use Powerline with MacVim! +------------------------------------------------------------------- + +* Please install MacVim using this command:: + + brew install macvim --env-std --override-system-vim + + Then install Powerline locally with ``pip install --user``, or by + running these commands in the ``powerline`` directory:: + + ./setup.py build + ./setup.py install --user + +I receive an ``ImportError`` when trying to use Powerline on OS X! +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +* This is caused by an invalid ``sys.path`` when using system vim and system + Python. Please try to select another Python distribution:: + + sudo port select python python27-apple + +* See `issue #39 <https://github.com/powerline/powerline/issues/39>`_ for + a discussion and other possible solutions for this issue. + +I receive “FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR” with status_colors +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This is `a known <https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/5463>`_ libuv issue that +happens if one is trying to watch too many files. It should be fixed in +libuv-0.12. Until then it is suggested to either disable ``status_colors`` (from +:py:func:`powerline.segments.common.vcs.branch`) or choose stat-based watcher +(will have effectively the same effect as disabling ``status_colors``). |