Problem with right prompt and line height

[developej]

Hey,

I already contacted jeremy via email (didn't know about the issues tab, I'm new in this git stuff), but since I didn't figure it out (and since someone else might also have this issue) I'm posting it here:

I have problem with right prompt - it looks like this:
http://i.imgur.com/4a3pl.png
there's a space between arrow and date/time background, but also, the arrow height is not right (arrow height is the problem on the left side too). In email, jeremy told something about line height not set right, but I didn't figure it out - I googled for urxvt line height and zsh line height - no results...

tl;dr - I want arrows to be the same height as the background colors and I don't want spaces between arrows and background colors.
I am using urxvt with Inconsolata for Powerline, size 11.

Thanks!

[jeremyFreeAgent]

Hi, I have reproduced your issue: I changed the horizontal and vertical character spacing. This is the second point I told you in my email. This is a terminal configuration, not a shell one. I'm on MacOS so I can't try with your terminal.

[developej]

Ok, I found a urxvt tweak for letter spacing - if anyone needs it, add this to your .Xresources:
URxvt*letterSpace: -1
(you need to have urxvt 9.07 or higher)

But now special characters won't render :) I see that there is a difference in how characters are spaced, but I don't know why special characters now fail to render properly...

http://i.imgur.com/BZ6r0.png

Ideas?

[jeremyFreeAgent]

Perhaps the font is not Inconsolata for Powerline anymore...

[developej]

I don't follow...

[jeremyFreeAgent]

Since you changed the config, perhaps it uses another font.

[developej]

No, no, I just added one more line, font stuff is the same.

[jeremyFreeAgent]

And what about selecting another one and back again to the good one ?

[developej]

It seems it can't work with the URxvt*letterSpace: -1.
Not even Menlo (which always worked fine) can't show fancy symbols...guess I'll have to find another terminal emulator :)

[jeremyFreeAgent]

I'm sure you will find a better one !