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Magit uses Horizontal Ellipsis unicode escape "u2026" (which should display as "...") to mark hidden section. How can I configure the Terminal/Emacs to display them when running in terminal mode (option -nw)? The escape string is shown instead of the visual icon. Maybe I need to install a special font? I'm running emacs 26.1 running inside KDE Kconsole terminal emulator.

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Magit uses Horizontal Ellipsis unicode escape "u2026" (which should display as "...") to mark hidden section. How can I configure the Terminal/Emacs to display them when running in terminal mode (option -nw)? The escape string is shown instead of the visual icon. Maybe I need to install a special font? I'm running emacs 26.1 running inside KDE Kconsole terminal emulator.

terminal-emacs unicode terminal

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Magit uses Horizontal Ellipsis unicode escape "u2026" (which should display as "...") to mark hidden section. How can I configure the Terminal/Emacs to display them when running in terminal mode (option -nw)? The escape string is shown instead of the visual icon. Maybe I need to install a special font? I'm running emacs 26.1 running inside KDE Kconsole terminal emulator.

terminal-emacs unicode terminal

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When running in -nw mode, Emacs' display is at the mercy of the terminal emulator. If the emulator is using a font which doesn't have a glyph for the character you want to display, the only solution is to change it to use a different font.

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  That's true, but it doesn't answer the question. The terminal emulator decides between showing … and something like � and Emacs has no way to know which one it is AFAIK. Emacs decides whether to attempt to display … or to display uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 5:57
  

  
  
  
  


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  I fail to see how it doesn't answer the question: the font being used is missing a glyph. Switching to a different font will fix that. (and it's magit deciding to use the unicode sequence, not Emacs)
  
  – rpluim
  Jul 5 at 9:02
  

  
  
  
  


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  No, if Emacs displays uNNNN in a terminal, that's because Emacs has decided to display uNNNN. This has nothing to do with the font used in the terminal. If Emacs decided to display the character … and the font didn't have this character, you'd see something like � instead, the terminal would not substitute uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 11:16
  

  
  
  
  

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I found that I missed this in my .emacs.d configuration:

;; UTF-8 support
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) 
(setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))

(from here). The other possibility is to

(setq magit-section-visibility-indicator '("..." . t))

instead (3 char string istead of one unicode char). KDE Konsole itself does support the u2026 char as can be seen when printing the utf-8 sequence:

printf "xe2x80xa6"

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When running in -nw mode, Emacs' display is at the mercy of the terminal emulator. If the emulator is using a font which doesn't have a glyph for the character you want to display, the only solution is to change it to use a different font.

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answered Jul 4 at 12:50

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That's true, but it doesn't answer the question. The terminal emulator decides between showing … and something like � and Emacs has no way to know which one it is AFAIK. Emacs decides whether to attempt to display … or to display uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 5:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I fail to see how it doesn't answer the question: the font being used is missing a glyph. Switching to a different font will fix that. (and it's magit deciding to use the unicode sequence, not Emacs)
  
  – rpluim
  Jul 5 at 9:02
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  No, if Emacs displays uNNNN in a terminal, that's because Emacs has decided to display uNNNN. This has nothing to do with the font used in the terminal. If Emacs decided to display the character … and the font didn't have this character, you'd see something like � instead, the terminal would not substitute uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 11:16
  

  
  
  
  

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4

When running in -nw mode, Emacs' display is at the mercy of the terminal emulator. If the emulator is using a font which doesn't have a glyph for the character you want to display, the only solution is to change it to use a different font.

share|improve this answer

answered Jul 4 at 12:50

rpluimrpluim

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That's true, but it doesn't answer the question. The terminal emulator decides between showing … and something like � and Emacs has no way to know which one it is AFAIK. Emacs decides whether to attempt to display … or to display uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 5:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I fail to see how it doesn't answer the question: the font being used is missing a glyph. Switching to a different font will fix that. (and it's magit deciding to use the unicode sequence, not Emacs)
  
  – rpluim
  Jul 5 at 9:02
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  No, if Emacs displays uNNNN in a terminal, that's because Emacs has decided to display uNNNN. This has nothing to do with the font used in the terminal. If Emacs decided to display the character … and the font didn't have this character, you'd see something like � instead, the terminal would not substitute uNNNN.
  
  – Gilles♦
  Jul 5 at 11:16
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

When running in -nw mode, Emacs' display is at the mercy of the terminal emulator. If the emulator is using a font which doesn't have a glyph for the character you want to display, the only solution is to change it to use a different font.

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answered Jul 4 at 12:50

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3

I found that I missed this in my .emacs.d configuration:

;; UTF-8 support
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) 
(setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))

(from here). The other possibility is to

(setq magit-section-visibility-indicator '("..." . t))

instead (3 char string istead of one unicode char). KDE Konsole itself does support the u2026 char as can be seen when printing the utf-8 sequence:

printf "xe2x80xa6"

share|improve this answer

answered Jul 4 at 18:38

Konrad EiseleKonrad Eisele

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3

I found that I missed this in my .emacs.d configuration:

;; UTF-8 support
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) 
(setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))

(from here). The other possibility is to

(setq magit-section-visibility-indicator '("..." . t))

instead (3 char string istead of one unicode char). KDE Konsole itself does support the u2026 char as can be seen when printing the utf-8 sequence:

printf "xe2x80xa6"

share|improve this answer

answered Jul 4 at 18:38

Konrad EiseleKonrad Eisele

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add a comment | 

I found that I missed this in my .emacs.d configuration:

;; UTF-8 support
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) 
(setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))

(from here). The other possibility is to

(setq magit-section-visibility-indicator '("..." . t))

instead (3 char string istead of one unicode char). KDE Konsole itself does support the u2026 char as can be seen when printing the utf-8 sequence:

printf "xe2x80xa6"

share|improve this answer

answered Jul 4 at 18:38

Konrad EiseleKonrad Eisele

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;; UTF-8 support
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) 
(setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))

(setq magit-section-visibility-indicator '("..." . t))

printf "xe2x80xa6"

share|improve this answer

answered Jul 4 at 18:38

Konrad EiseleKonrad Eisele

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answered Jul 4 at 18:38

Konrad EiseleKonrad Eisele

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answered Jul 4 at 18:38

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