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Tmux displaying strange characters after installing theme through tpm

I've recently started using tmux and have been working on getting it configured. After installing the catppuccin theme some of the symbols at the bottom of the screen aren't being displayed properly.

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I am running alacrity on pop os. I have tried re-sourcing my config file, reloading tmux, starting tmux with the -u flag (solution to a similar issue according to this post), and launching tmux through the gnome terminal to no avail.

This is my tmux.conf:

# Set ture color
set-option -sa terminal-overrides ",xterm*:Tc"

# Set prefix
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-Space
bind C-Space send-prefix

# Shift Alt vim keys to switch windows
bind -n M-H previous-window
bind -n M-L next-window

# List of plugins
set -g @tpm_plugins '              \
        tmux-plugins/tpm               \
        tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible     \
    christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator \
        catppuccin/tmux                \
'

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH '~/.tmux/plugins/'

UPDATE: I'm now using 'Fira Code Nerd Font' and my tmux looks like this:

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Solution

  • It seems you didn't install an appropriate font. According to its docs:

    In order to have the correct icons displayed please use your favorite nerd fonts patched font.

    You can go to here to download and install a font that you like. Some popular fonts are FiraCode, MesloLG,Iosevka.