Space Between executiontime and exit On Less Than 1 Second Runs In wt.exe Using jandedobbeleer.omp

[mattcargile]

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What happened?

Within Windows Terminal 1.11.2921.0, there is an unsightly space between executiontime and exit within the jandedobbeleer.omp. This appears to occur on less than one second runtimes.

I found it running the below code and from my slightly modified json.

Get-ChildItem -Path "~\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\themes\*" -Include '*.omp.json' | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object -Process {
    $esc = [char]27
    Write-Host ""
    Write-Host "$esc[1m$($_.BaseName)$esc[0m"
    Write-Host ""
    oh-my-posh --config $($_.FullName) --pwd $PWD
    Write-Host ""
}

An interesting note is that VS Code doesn't reflect this same behavior.

Version

5.14.0

Theme

A modified jandedobbeleer.omp. The default theme has the same "issue".

Here is my version below. I have only added Spotify instead of Youtube to it. Might be other differences from the original theme if there have been changes to this theme since maybe early version 3 of oh-my-posh.exe.

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/main/themes/schema.json",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "alignment": "left",
      "segments": [
        {
          "background": "#c386f1",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_host": false,
            "postfix": " "
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "session"
        },
        {
          "background": "#ff479c",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "folder_separator_icon": "  ",
            "home_icon": "~",
            "prefix": "   ",
            "style": "folder"
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "path"
        },
        {
          "background": "#fffb38",
          "foreground": "#193549",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "ahead_and_behind_color": "#f26d50",
            "ahead_color": "#89d1dc",
            "behind_color": "#f17c37",
            "display_stash_count": true,
            "display_upstream_icon": true,
            "local_changes_color": "#ff9248",
            "stash_count_icon": " ",
            "status_colors_enabled": true
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "git"
        },
        {
          "background": "#6CA35E",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_version": true,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "node"
        },
        {
          "background": "#8ED1F7",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_version": true,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "go"
        },
        {
          "background": "#4063D8",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_version": true,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "julia"
        },
        {
          "background": "#FFDE57",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_mode": "files",
            "display_version": true,
            "display_virtual_env": false,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "python"
        },
        {
          "background": "#AE1401",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_mode": "files",
            "display_version": true,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "ruby"
        },
        {
          "background": "#FEAC19",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_mode": "files",
            "display_version": false,
            "prefix": " "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "azfunc"
        },
        {
          "background_templates": [
            "{{if contains \"default\" .Profile}}#FFA400{{end}}",
            "{{if contains \"jan\" .Profile}}#f1184c{{end}}"
          ],
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "display_default": false,
            "prefix": "  "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "aws"
        },
        {
          "background": "#ffff66",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "root_icon": ""
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "root"
        },
        {
          "background": "#83769c",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "properties": {
            "always_enabled": true,
            "prefix": "<transparent></> 羽"
          },
          "style": "plain",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "executiontime"
        },
        {
          "background": "#2e9599",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "properties": {
            "always_enabled": true,
            "color_background": true,
            "display_exit_code": false,
            "error_color": "#f1184c",
            "prefix": "<#83769c></> "
          },
          "style": "diamond",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "exit"
        }
      ],
      "type": "prompt"
    },
    {
      "segments": [
        {
          "background": "#0077c2",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "properties": {
            "postfix": " <transparent,#0077c2></>",
            "prefix": "<#0077c2,transparent></>  "
          },
          "style": "plain",
          "type": "shell"
        },
        {
          "background": "#1BD760",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "invert_powerline": true,
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "paused_icon": " ",
            "playing_icon": " ",
            "stopped_icon": "",
            "track_separator": " - ",
            "prefix": "阮 "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "spotify"
        },
        {
          "background": "#f36943",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "invert_powerline": true,
          "powerline_symbol": "",
          "properties": {
            "battery_icon": "",
            "charged_color": "#4caf50",
            "charged_icon": " ",
            "charging_color": "#40c4ff",
            "charging_icon": " ",
            "color_background": true,
            "discharging_color": "#ff5722",
            "discharging_icon": " ",
            "postfix": " "
          },
          "style": "powerline",
          "type": "battery"
        },
        {
          "background": "#2e9599",
          "foreground": "#111111",
          "invert_powerline": true,
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "style": "diamond",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "time"
        }
      ],
      "type": "rprompt"
    }
  ],
  "console_title": true,
  "console_title_style": "template",
  "console_title_template": "{{ .Shell }} in {{ .Folder }}",
  "final_space": true
}

What OS are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

Which shell are you using?

powershell

Relevant log output

N/A

[lnu]

it's related to this property: "prefix": "<transparent></> \ufa1e".
If the \ufa1e font is removed, the problem disappears. The issue does not happen with iTerm2 on macos for example.
It's an issue related to unicode font space with windows terminal which is open since months(if I remember well).
see #668

[mattcargile]

Oops! I should have done more searching of open issues! Not sure how to handle this one now.

EDIT: Oh I see it is a Discussion. I'll have to remember to search there. Can the "postfix" fix be added to the default jandedobbeller.omp.json? Or would it be more ideal on a per user basis fix?

[lnu]

#1120

[mattcargile]

Thanks Inu! I have tried that fix and couldn't get it to work. I resorted to using \UF251 which isn't as aesthetically pleasing as it is a touch too big.

[mattcargile]

I followed the Answer in the previously mentioned Discussion and I couldn't get it to work. I modified this json block. I added "postfix"

        {
          "background": "#83769c",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "properties": {
            "always_enabled": true,
            "prefix": "<transparent></> 羽",
            "postfix": "\u2800"
          },
          "style": "plain",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "executiontime"
        }

[JanDeDobbeleer]

@mattcargile changing the icon can also help, but in this case the spaces in between the prefix might also be causing the issue. Let's continue the conversation as a Q&A as this isn't an issue with oh-my-posh.

[mattcargile]

Thanks Jan! I was just reading the docs to try to become more familiar with the schema so I could create a more consistent glyph experience in between the executiontime and exit.

[mattcargile]

Posting here in hopes that it will summarize my troubles and get right to the point. And Jan's post helped me. My additional comments below aren't super thought out and somewhat ramble like.

So changing the icon worked. The closest representation was \UF251. I have this icon from Nerd Fonts. It is called nf-fa-hourglass_start.

I copied it using the below pwsh.

"`u{f251}" | Set-Clipboard

Here is my final block. I had to add another space after the hourglass because it is a bigger glyph. It isn't quite as aesthetic as the other one but it works well.

        {
          "background": "#83769c",
          "foreground": "#ffffff",
          "leading_diamond": "",
          "properties": {
            "always_enabled": true,
            "prefix": "<transparent></>  "
          },
          "style": "plain",
          "trailing_diamond": "",
          "type": "executiontime"
        }

[mattcargile]

So I changed the character for the hourglass and it started working. I have Nerd Fonts ( Caskaydia NF ). I used \u23F3 ( i.e. "`u{23F3}" in pwsh.exe ). Here is the actual character; not sure if it will appear in GitHub correctly for everyone ( ⏳ ).

What was weird about \uFA1E which is the default hourglass is that it appears to also be a CJK Compatibility Ideograph-FA1E . So I don't know if this is something weird with Unicode or my setup or wt.exe. I couldn't find anything online about \uFA1E being an hourglass yet wt.exe still produces it in my terminal.

EDIT 1: This is the default hourglass character copied and pasted from wt.exe to this text box ( 羽 ).
EDIT 2: My $OutputEncoding.EncodingName on pwsh.exe is Unicode (UTF-8).
EDIT 3. See my comment here with what I ended up doing.

[mattcargile]

I did finally find reference to \uFA1E where it is called nf-mdi-timer_sand. Now I am really confused. A character like \uf251 has the same "collision" with other characters but it does work. I think I'll decide on (  ) which is \uF251 ( or "`u{23F3}" in pwsh.exe ).