powerline fonts doesn't work on vim/debian

Question

I have clone the repos of powerfonts and install it. And I config my vim as

let g:airline_powerline_fonts=1

However it doesn't work on debian, even I clean the font cache and restart server. But it does work on my mac.

I wonder what's wrong with it. Should I config font on debian?

Have you set powerline patched font for your terminal emulator? — sudo bangbang, Jun 23 '16 at 07:02
@sudobangbang I use item2， it seems ok on my mac/terminal vim, however when I use ssh connect to debian , it doesn't work well. Should I set font on item2? — mickeyandkaka, Jun 23 '16 at 07:12
If it works correctly in iterm and if you're using the same to ssh, it should work. but it's worth a try — sudo bangbang, Jun 23 '16 at 07:14
@sudobangbang I have checked my item2 fonts, it use powerfonts. So I think there's something wrong with debian config. — mickeyandkaka, Jun 23 '16 at 07:14
Might be a locale problem. Try configuring font on debian. If that doesn't work, try these http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/189133/font-ssh-interaction and http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:localization — sudo bangbang, Jun 23 '16 at 07:22
@sudobangbang finally solved, using export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" to .zshrc — mickeyandkaka, Jun 23 '16 at 07:43
Possible duplicate of [Configuring Powerline fonts in vim on Mac 10.8](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19963445/configuring-powerline-fonts-in-vim-on-mac-10-8) — SibiCoder, Jun 23 '16 at 12:34

sudo bangbang · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23T09:14:23.910

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It is a locale issue.

A locale is a set of language and cultural rules. These cover aspects such as language for messages, different character sets, lexicographic conventions, and so on. A program needs to be able to determine its locale and act accordingly to be portable to different cultures.

You can set language using these environment variables

LANG
LANGUAGE
LINGUAS
LC_COLLATE
LC_ALL

In this case, setting LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" in .bashrc, .zshrc or .bash_profile will solve the problems.

or you can set LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

edited Jun 23 '16 at 09:14

answered Jun 23 '16 at 07:59

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please remove the blank spaces on `LANG="en_US.UTF-8"` – Mohl Apr 25 '20 at 19:06

powerline fonts doesn't work on vim/debian

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