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FAQ & Troubleshooting
Table of Contents:
- How did you get color matching based on file type in NERDtree?
- How did you get color matching on just the glyph/icon in NERDtree?
Weird artifacts after/on the glyphs:
Why does this exist? How did this start?
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Are you using the patched font provided in the separate repo (Nerd Fonts) or are you patching your own?
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NOTE: if running vim and no font set it will default to the terminal font that is set
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check what the vim/gvim font is set to, from ex mode:
:set guifont?
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check if the plugin is loaded (should give '1'), from ex mode:
:echo loaded_webdevicons
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check if the plugin is enabled (should give '1'), from ex mode:
:echo g:webdevicons_enable
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check if the plugin is enabled for NERDTree (should give '1'), from ex mode:
- this should NOT need to be set under normal circumstances
:echo g:webdevicons_enable_nerdtree
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check if you are able to see the characters, from ex mode:
:echo g:WebDevIconsUnicodeDecorateFileNodesDefaultSymbol
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if all this looks correct you may try this to see if any files show flags
- last resort, see if you can even set the default symbol and have it display anywhere (NERDTree, vim-airline's statusline, vim-airlines's tabline), from ex mode:
:let g:WebDevIconsUnicodeDecorateFileNodesDefaultSymbol='x'
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You can either use this additional plugin: vim-nerdtree-syntax-highlight created by @tiagofumo (please note that this plugin has been known to cause slow navigation in NERDTree as documented here: https://github.com/tiagofumo/vim-nerdtree-syntax-highlight/issues/17)
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Or you can use my current settings from: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree/issues/201#issuecomment-9954740
" NERDTrees File highlighting function! NERDTreeHighlightFile(extension, fg, bg, guifg, guibg) exec 'autocmd FileType nerdtree highlight ' . a:extension .' ctermbg='. a:bg .' ctermfg='. a:fg .' guibg='. a:guibg .' guifg='. a:guifg exec 'autocmd FileType nerdtree syn match ' . a:extension .' #^\s\+.*'. a:extension .'$#' endfunction call NERDTreeHighlightFile('jade', 'green', 'none', 'green', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('ini', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('md', 'blue', 'none', '#3366FF', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('yml', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('config', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('conf', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('json', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('html', 'yellow', 'none', 'yellow', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('styl', 'cyan', 'none', 'cyan', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('css', 'cyan', 'none', 'cyan', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('coffee', 'Red', 'none', 'red', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('js', 'Red', 'none', '#ffa500', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('php', 'Magenta', 'none', '#ff00ff', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('ds_store', 'Gray', 'none', '#686868', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('gitconfig', 'Gray', 'none', '#686868', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('gitignore', 'Gray', 'none', '#686868', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('bashrc', 'Gray', 'none', '#686868', '#151515') call NERDTreeHighlightFile('bashprofile', 'Gray', 'none', '#686868', '#151515')
Note: If the colors still are not highlighting, try invoking such as:
autocmd VimEnter * call NERDTreeHighlightFile('jade', 'green', 'none', 'green', '#151515')
per: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons/issues/49#issuecomment-101753558
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You can add something like this to your
vimrc
" NERDTrees File highlighting only the glyph/icon " test highlight just the glyph (icons) in nerdtree: autocmd filetype nerdtree highlight haskell_icon ctermbg=none ctermfg=Red guifg=#ffa500 autocmd filetype nerdtree highlight html_icon ctermbg=none ctermfg=Red guifg=#ffa500 autocmd filetype nerdtree highlight go_icon ctermbg=none ctermfg=Red guifg=#ffa500 autocmd filetype nerdtree syn match haskell_icon ## containedin=NERDTreeFlags " if you are using another syn highlight for a given line (e.g. " NERDTreeHighlightFile) need to give that name in the 'containedin' for this " other highlight to work with it autocmd filetype nerdtree syn match html_icon ## containedin=NERDTreeFlags,html autocmd filetype nerdtree syn match go_icon ## containedin=NERDTreeFlags
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Try adding this to the bottom of your
vimrc
if exists("g:loaded_webdevicons") call webdevicons#refresh() endif
- Dots after icons in NERDTree (on GVim), try:
autocmd FileType nerdtree setlocal nolist
source: Issue #110
- Newly created files in NERDTree are slow to show the glyph (icon)
- check your current setting of
:updatetime?
- try setting
updatetime
in yourvimrc
to a lower value like250
, for more info see: Issue #153
- check your current setting of
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By default if your Vim supports conceal you should not see these, debug steps:
- Check if the plugin feature is set (should be
1
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echo g:webdevicons_conceal_nerdtree_brackets
- Check that your vim was compiled with the
conceal
feature (should be+conceal
):
#### from terminal vim --version | grep conceal
- Check the
conceallevel
(should be3
):
set conceallevel?
- Check if the plugin feature is set (should be
VimDevIcons was desired to work with Nerd Fonts, however you do not have to use a patched font or even Nerd Fonts specified glyphs. You have 2 main options:
fontconfig fallback
- Install one of the NERD Font symbol fonts:
- Install 10-nerd-font-symbols.conf for Fontconfig
- for additional information see: Issue #124 and Nerd Fonts
fontconfig
Use your own glyph codepoints
- specify your own glyphs and/or use your own font (see: Character Mappings)
After seeing the awesome theme for Atom (seti-ui) and the awesome plugins work done for NERDTree and vim-airline and wanting something like this for Vim I decided to create my first plugin.
This Wiki and the Readme contain a lot of information, please take your time to read the information.
If you run into any trouble, please start by looking in the FAQ.
There are very detailed Changelog and Release changes available.
Be sure to read the Contributing Guide before opening a pull request to Nerd Fonts.
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