remove some unicode for terminal compatibility

fully deactivating might be (set-terminal-coding-system 'iso-latin-1)

settings/gui-settings.el

@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@
 
 (use-package emacs
   :delight
-  (auto-fill-function "↵")
-  (compilation-shell-minor-mode "Ⓒｓ")
-  (eldoc-mode "Ⓔ")  ;; Ⓔ e
-  (visual-line-mode "↩")  ;; " Wrap"
-  (whitespace-mode "␣")   ;; "␣ _ ws"
+  (auto-fill-function "Fa")  ;; "\u21B5"
+  (compilation-shell-minor-mode "Csh")  ;; "\u24B8\uFF53"
+  (eldoc-mode "Ed")  ;; \u24BA e
+  (visual-line-mode "Vl")  ;; " Wrap" "\u21A9"
+  (whitespace-mode "Ws")   ;; "\u2423 \u005F ws"
   ;; major modes
-  (calendar-mode "🅒ａｌ")  ;; "Calendar" "📆"
-  (css-mode "🅒SS")  ;; "CSS"
-  (emacs-lisp-mode "🅛ｅ")  ;; "EL 🅛⒠"
-  (eshell-mode "🅢ｅ")  ;; "Esh 🅔⒮"
-  (fundamental-mode "🅕")  ;; "F "  ;; not working
-  (help-mode "🅗")  ;; "H "
-  (Info-mode "🅘")  ;; "I "  ;; not working
-  (latex-mode "🅛ａ")  ;; "LaTeX "
-  (lisp-interaction-mode "🅛ｉ")  ;; "LI 🅛⒤"
-  (messages-mode "🅜")  ;; "M "  ;; not working
-  (messages-buffer-mode "🅜")  ;; "M "  ;; not working
-  (inferior-python-mode "🅟ｉ")  ;; "IPy 🅟⒤"
+  (calendar-mode "Ca")  ;; "Calendar" "\u01F4C6" "\u01F152\uFF41\uFF4C"
+  (css-mode "Css")  ;; "CSS"" "\u01F152ss
+  (emacs-lisp-mode "El")  ;; "EL" "\u01F15B\uFF45"
+  (eshell-mode "Esh")  ;; "Esh" "\u01F162\uFF45
+  (fundamental-mode "Fu")  ;; "F " "\u01F155" ;; not working
+  (help-mode "H")  ;; "H " "\u01F157"
+  (Info-mode "I")  ;; "I " "\u01F158" ;; not working
+  (latex-mode "La")  ;; "LaTeX " "\u01F15B\uFF41"
+  (lisp-interaction-mode "Lii")  ;; "LI \u01F15B\u24A4" "\u01F15B\uFF49
+  (messages-mode "M")  ;; "M " "\u01F15C"  ;; not working
+  (messages-buffer-mode "M")  ;; "M " "\u01F15C"  ;; not working
+  (inferior-python-mode "Pyi")  ;; "IPy \u01F15F\u24A4" "\u01F15F\uFF49"
   :hook
   (prog-mode . display-fill-column-indicator-mode)
   (help-mode . visual-line-mode)
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ DISPLAY-START: `integer', e.g. 3820"
 
 (use-package doc-view
   :defer t
-  :delight (doc-view-mode "🅓ｏｃ")  ;; "DocView"
+  :delight (doc-view-mode "Doc")  ;; "DocView" "\u01F153\uFF4F\uFF43"
   :config
   (setq doc-view-continuous t))
 
 (use-package restart-emacs)
 
 (use-package page-break-lines
-  :delight (page-break-lines-mode "Ⓟｂ")
+  :delight (page-break-lines-mode "Pb")  ;; "\u24C5\uFF42"
   :config
   (add-to-list 'page-break-lines-modes 'ledger-mode)
   (global-page-break-lines-mode))
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ DISPLAY-START: `integer', e.g. 3820"
 
 (use-package dashboard
   :load-path (lambda() (concat config-dir "lisp/dashboard"))
-  :delight (dashboard-mode "🅓")
+  :delight (dashboard-mode "Db")  ;; "\u01F153
   :config
   ;; because we use `use-package' include `use-package-statistics' if computed
   (defun my-dashboard-init-info ()
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ See also `dashboard-insert-section' for the sequence of elements."
   (dashboard-setup-startup-hook))
 
 (use-package indent-guide
-  :delight (indent-guide-mode "Ⓘｇ")
+  :delight (indent-guide-mode "Ig")  ;; "\u24BE\uFF47"
   :hook (prog-mode . indent-guide-mode)  ;; problem if used in notmuch
   :config
   (set-face-attribute 'indent-guide-face nil :foreground "DarkSlateGray")  ;; foreground #535353
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ See also `dashboard-insert-section' for the sequence of elements."
 
 ;; problem when using 'character in elisp it inserts the guide characters when inserting text before guide characters
 ;; (use-package highlight-indent-guides
-;;   :delight (highlight-indent-guides-mode "Ⓘｇ")
+;;   :delight (highlight-indent-guides-mode "\u24BE\uFF47")
 ;;   :hook (prog-mode . highlight-indent-guides-mode)
 ;;   :config
 ;;   (setq highlight-indent-guides-method 'character)  ;; 'fill 'character 'bitmap
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ See also `dashboard-insert-section' for the sequence of elements."
 ;;   )
 
 (use-package rainbow-mode
-  :delight (rainbow-mode "Ⓡ")  ;; " Rbow"
+  :delight (rainbow-mode "Rb")  ;; " Rbow" "\u24C7"
   :commands rainbow-mode)
 
 (use-package focus
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ See also `dashboard-insert-section' for the sequence of elements."
   )
 
 (use-package virtual-auto-fill
-  :delight (virtual-auto-fill-mode "Ⓥｆ")
+  :delight (virtual-auto-fill-mode "Fv")  ;; "\u24CB\uFF46"
   :commands virtual-auto-fill-mode
   ;;:hook (help-mode . virtual-auto-fill-mode)
   )