prompt: Add basic troubleshooting information for fonts

This is related to #1495 and a number of other issues which have been
filed about font issues.
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Kaleb Elwert 2017-10-24 12:52:32 -07:00
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@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ function prompt_name_precmd {
}
```
Troubleshooting
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### Fonts aren't displaying properly.
On most systems, themes which use special characters need to have a patched font
installed and configured properly.
Powerline provides some information on [terminal support][4] and [how to install
patched fonts][5] which should fix most font issues.
Authors
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@ -140,3 +152,5 @@ Authors
[1]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/User-Contributions.html#Prompt-Themes
[2]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Functions.html#Hook-Functions
[3]: https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto/issues
[4]: http://powerline.readthedocs.io/en/master/usage.html#terminal-emulator-requirements
[5]: http://powerline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#fonts-installation