LF icons not working

[piersolenski]

Recently my LF icons stopped working with this plugin. They still work outside of vim. Do I need to add any specific configuration to get them working again? Thanks!

[is0n]

I'm not sure what could be causing this. I primarily use lf and icons work just fine for me. If you show me your config, I might be able to help out.

[piersolenski]

Icons:

#!/bin/bash

export LF_ICONS="\
tw=:\
st=:\
ow=:\
dt=:\
di=:\
fi=:\
ln=:\
or=:\
ex=:\
*.c=:\
*.cc=:\
*.clj=:\
*.coffee=:\
*.cpp=:\
*.css=:\
*.d=:\
*.dart=:\
*.erl=:\
*.exs=:\
*.fs=:\
*.go=:\
*.h=:\
*.hh=:\
*.hpp=:\
*.hs=:\
*.html=:\
*.java=:\
*.jl=:\
*.js=:\
*.json=:\
*.lua=:\
*.md=:\
*.php=:\
*.pl=:\
*.pro=:\
*.py=:\
*.rb=:\
*.rs=:\
*.scala=:\
*.ts=:\
*.vim=:\
*.cmd=:\
*.ps1=:\
*.sh=:\
*.bash=:\
*.zsh=:\
*.fish=:\
*.tar=:\
*.tgz=:\
*.arc=:\
*.arj=:\
*.taz=:\
*.lha=:\
*.lz4=:\
*.lzh=:\
*.lzma=:\
*.tlz=:\
*.txz=:\
*.tzo=:\
*.t7z=:\
*.zip=:\
*.z=:\
*.dz=:\
*.gz=:\
*.lrz=:\
*.lz=:\
*.lzo=:\
*.xz=:\
*.zst=:\
*.tzst=:\
*.bz2=:\
*.bz=:\
*.tbz=:\
*.tbz2=:\
*.tz=:\
*.deb=:\
*.rpm=:\
*.jar=:\
*.war=:\
*.ear=:\
*.sar=:\
*.rar=:\
*.alz=:\
*.ace=:\
*.zoo=:\
*.cpio=:\
*.7z=:\
*.rz=:\
*.cab=:\
*.wim=:\
*.swm=:\
*.dwm=:\
*.esd=:\
*.jpg=:\
*.jpeg=:\
*.mjpg=:\
*.mjpeg=:\
*.gif=:\
*.bmp=:\
*.pbm=:\
*.pgm=:\
*.ppm=:\
*.tga=:\
*.xbm=:\
*.xpm=:\
*.tif=:\
*.tiff=:\
*.png=:\
*.svg=:\
*.svgz=:\
*.mng=:\
*.pcx=:\
*.mov=:\
*.mpg=:\
*.mpeg=:\
*.m2v=:\
*.mkv=:\
*.webm=:\
*.ogm=:\
*.mp4=:\
*.m4v=:\
*.mp4v=:\
*.vob=:\
*.qt=:\
*.nuv=:\
*.wmv=:\
*.asf=:\
*.rm=:\
*.rmvb=:\
*.flc=:\
*.avi=:\
*.fli=:\
*.flv=:\
*.gl=:\
*.dl=:\
*.xcf=:\
*.xwd=:\
*.yuv=:\
*.cgm=:\
*.emf=:\
*.ogv=:\
*.ogx=:\
*.aac=:\
*.au=:\
*.flac=:\
*.m4a=:\
*.mid=:\
*.midi=:\
*.mka=:\
*.mp3=:\
*.mpc=:\
*.ogg=:\
*.ra=:\
*.wav=:\
*.oga=:\
*.opus=:\
*.spx=:\
*.xspf=:\
*.pdf=:\
*.nix=:\
"

Relevant parts from lfrc:

# interpreter for shell commands
set shell zsh
set icons

Relevant line from my which key setup:

["<leader>"] = { "getreg('%') !~ 'S' ? ':Lf<cr>' : ':Lf %<cr>'", "LF", expr = true },

Packer

		-- File managers
		use({
			"is0n/fm-nvim",
			config = function()
				require("fm-nvim").setup({ ui = { float = { height = 1, width = 1 } } })
			end,
		})

It works fine outside of neovim, so wondering if it's something to do with the environment or something 🤔

[is0n]

1. What shell are you using?
2. Where is the file containing export LF_ICONS and all of the icons sourced?

[piersolenski]

I'm using zsh for my shell.

I think I've narrowed down the issue... I recently added tmux bindings to open new windows with vim instances, such as:

bind-key D if-shell 'tmux select-window -t Dotfiles' '' 'new-window -n "Dotfiles" "cd $DOTFILES; nvim"'

For some reason, when I do this I lose the icons. If I echo the shell here it still results as /bin/zsh, so that part should be correct at least.

It doesn't really seem to matter where I export export LF_ICONS from, even if it's as low level as my .zshrc - they're still missing when opening new windows via tmux 🤔

[is0n]

Can't say for sure what's causing this but here are the relevant parts of my lf configuration.

~/.config/lf/lfrc:

# Settings
set previewer ~/.config/lf/preview
set cleaner ~/.config/lf/cleaner
set drawbox true
set icons true
set info "size"
# set hidden

~/.zshenv

export LF_ICONS="\
di=:\
fi=:\
ln=:\
or=:\
ex=:\
*.vimrc=:\
*.viminfo=:\
*.gitignore=:\
*.c=:\
*.cc=:\
*.clj=:\
*.coffee=:\
*.cpp=:\
*.css=:\
*.d=:\
*.dart=:\
*.erl=:\
*.exs=:\
*.fs=:\
*.go=:\
*.h=:\
*.hh=:\
*.hpp=:\
*.hs=:\
*.html=:\
*.java=:\
*.jl=:\
*.js=:\
*.json=:\
*.lua=:\
*.md=:\
*.php=:\
*.pl=:\
*.pro=:\
*.py=:\
*.rb=:\
*.rs=:\
*.scala=:\
*.ts=:\
*.vim=:\
*.cmd=:\
*.ps1=:\
*.sh=:\
*.bash=:\
*.zsh=:\
*.fish=:\
*.tar=:\
*.tgz=:\
*.arc=:\
*.arj=:\
*.taz=:\
*.lha=:\
*.lz4=:\
*.lzh=:\
*.lzma=:\
*.tlz=:\
*.txz=:\
*.tzo=:\
*.t7z=:\
*.zip=:\
*.z=:\
*.dz=:\
*.gz=:\
*.lrz=:\
*.lz=:\
*.lzo=:\
*.xz=:\
*.zst=:\
*.tzst=:\
*.bz2=:\
*.bz=:\
*.tbz=:\
*.tbz2=:\
*.tz=:\
*.deb=:\
*.rpm=:\
*.jar=:\
*.war=:\
*.ear=:\
*.sar=:\
*.rar=:\
*.alz=:\
*.ace=:\
*.zoo=:\
*.cpio=:\
*.7z=:\
*.rz=:\
*.cab=:\
*.wim=:\
*.swm=:\
*.dwm=:\
*.esd=:\
*.jpg=:\
*.jpeg=:\
*.mjpg=:\
*.mjpeg=:\
*.gif=:\
*.bmp=:\
*.pbm=:\
*.pgm=:\
*.ppm=:\
*.tga=:\
*.xbm=:\
*.xpm=:\
*.tif=:\
*.tiff=:\
*.png=:\
*.svg=:\
*.svgz=:\
*.mng=:\
*.pcx=:\
*.mov=:\
*.mpg=:\
*.mpeg=:\
*.m2v=:\
*.mkv=:\
*.webm=:\
*.ogm=:\
*.mp4=:\
*.m4v=:\
*.mp4v=:\
*.vob=:\
*.qt=:\
*.nuv=:\
*.wmv=:\
*.asf=:\
*.rm=:\
*.rmvb=:\
*.flc=:\
*.avi=:\
*.fli=:\
*.flv=:\
*.gl=:\
*.dl=:\
*.xcf=:\
*.xwd=:\
*.yuv=:\
*.cgm=:\
*.emf=:\
*.ogv=:\
*.ogx=:\
*.aac=:\
*.au=:\
*.flac=:\
*.m4a=:\
*.mid=:\
*.midi=:\
*.mka=:\
*.mp3=:\
*.mpc=:\
*.ogg=:\
*.ra=:\
*.wav=:\
*.oga=:\
*.opus=:\
*.spx=:\
*.xspf=:\
*.pdf=:\
*.nix=:\
*.yml=:\
*.yaml=:\
*.zshrc=:\
*.zshenv=:\
*.bashrc=:\
*.DS_Store=:\
bin/=:\
Downloads/=:\
Documents/=:\
Desktop/=:\
Music/=:\
Wallpapers/=:\
Pictures/=:\
Programming/=:\
Movies/=:\
TV/=:\
Public/=:\
Users/=:\
Notes/=:\
Shared/=:\
node_modules/=:\
.git/=:\
"

~/.config/nvim/init.lua:

require('fm-nvim').setup{
	ui = {
		default = "float",
		float = {
			border   = "single",
			border_hl = "NONE",
		},
	},
	cmds = {
                -- https://gist.github.com/Provessor/dbb4a6d22945e7a42c3b904302ee273c
		lf_cmd  = "~/.config/lf/startlf"
	},
}

[piersolenski]

Exporting LF_ICONS from .zshenv fixed it! Thanks!!!