Powerlevel9k: Powerlevel9k theme incompatible with Terminal in Intellij IDEA

[moleksyuk]

Hi,

I have the issue with embedded Terminal in IntelliJ IDEA when using powerlevel9k theme:

But when I switch to agnoster both terminals (iTerm2 v3 + embedded) display font in correct way:

Could someone help me with this problem, please?

zsh 5.0.8 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0)
IntelliJ IDEA: 2016.2.2

.zshrc:

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH=/Users/moleksiuk/.oh-my-zsh

# Set name of the theme to load.
# Look in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
# Optionally, if you set this to "random", it'll load a random theme each
# time that oh-my-zsh is loaded.
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"
# ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

POWERLEVEL9K_MODE='awesome-patched'
POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(context dir vcs)
POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(status)
POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M:%S} \UE12E"


# Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion.
# CASE_SENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion. Case
# sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable.
# HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable bi-weekly auto-update checks.
# DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days).
# export UPDATE_ZSH_DAYS=13

# Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls.
# DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title.
# DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
# ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"

# Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion.
# COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files
# under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories
# much, much faster.
# DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
# stamp shown in the history command output.
# The optional three formats: "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
# HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"

# Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder

# Which plugins would you like to load? (plugins can be found in ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/*)
# Custom plugins may be added to ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/
# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.
plugins=(git)

# User configuration

# export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH"
# export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/Workspaces/go

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

# You may need to manually set your language environment
# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
# if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
#   export EDITOR='vim'
# else
#   export EDITOR='mvim'
# fi

# Compilation flags
# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

# ssh
# export SSH_KEY_PATH="~/.ssh/dsa_id"

# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
#
# Example aliases
# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"

DEFAULT_USER=`whoami`

# The next line updates PATH for the Google Cloud SDK.
source '/Users/moleksiuk/DevTools/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc'

# The next line enables shell command completion for gcloud.
source '/Users/moleksiuk/DevTools/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc'

test -e "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh" && source "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh"

[rjorgenson]

It looks like the front that the IntelliJ terminal is using doesn't support powerline/awesome. Even in the screenshot where agnoster works it doesn't look like it's using powerline or awesome icons. Are you able to change the font used in that terminal?

[moleksyuk]

@rjorgenson
I can not change font only for terminal, only for the whole application 😢 and SourceCodePro+Powerline+Awsome Regular is not comfort for development for me.
And it still have some problems with displaying text:

[rjorgenson]

It looks like their builtin terminal doesn't honor double width font characters either =/ I'm not sure there's anything that can be done about that.

[moleksyuk]

Thanks @rjorgenson probably will report to JetBrains about this and will see what they tell.

[polothy]

@moleksyuk did you ever get this working?

[moleksyuk]

@mrmark nope, I switched back to ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

[KitKat7]

@mrmark @moleksyuk This post making-powerline-fonts-work-inside-intellij-idea-terminal works for font inside embedded Terminal in IntelliJ IDEA, though a little tricky.

[Zingoer]

The best solution I can find and most easy to do is the last comment by thsaravana appeared in @KitKat7's link.

I am using IntelliJ iDEA 2018 and it’s possible to change Terminal Font via “Editor -> Color Scheme -> Console Font”, and Terminal Colors via “Editor -> Color Scheme -> Console Colors”.

[sgauri]

In IntelliJ and PyCharm you can change color of terminal fonts (while using powerlevel9k with zsh)
Terminal Colors via “Editor -> Color Scheme -> Console Colors”. then change ANSI fonts to get better contrast.

[etherealyn]

The best solution I can find and most easy to do is the last comment by thsaravana appeared in @KitKat7's link.

I am using IntelliJ iDEA 2018 and it’s possible to change Terminal Font via “Editor -> Color Scheme -> Console Font”, and Terminal Colors via “Editor -> Color Scheme -> Console Colors”.

Agree. In my case just switching ANSI White and ANSI Black works like charm.

[DinoStray]

I am using IntelliJ iDEA 2018

But which front should I change?

[SwiftWinds]

But which front should I change?

I would recommend Fira Code. Here are the installation instructions.

Here are the console font settings I use: