Unicode character support assistance about battery-widget HOT 4 CLOSED

I fix the issue by installing the noto-fonts-emoji package from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fonts#Non-latin_scripts. The issue was than I had no support for rendering unicode characters. Thank you for your availability and widget :)

from battery-widget.

The easiest method would be to just write out the unicode character into the string as is, i.e. something like this:

local my_battery_widget = require('deficient.battery-widget') {
    battery_prefix = '🔋',
}

In any case, the font you're using will need to have support for the corresponding symbols.

from battery-widget.

(alternatively, if you don't want unicode symbols in your code, write it as an escape sequence battery_prefix = '\u{1F50B}', I also had to look it up how it looks in lua)

from battery-widget.

Thank you ever so much for the quick reply coldfix. The problem is that \u{1F50B} renders a strange symbol rather than the battery icon. My problem has to do more with unicod character in archlinux but I am unaware on how to install/enable unicode character support. Any ideas?

from battery-widget.