Get replace unicode with named characters

README.md

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark
 
 # Compatibility
 
-**NOTE:** In all likelihood, you will need to install a [Powerline-patched font](https://gist.github.com/1595572) for this theme to render correctly.
+**NOTE:** In all likelihood, you will need to install a [Powerline-patched font](https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts) for this theme to render correctly.
 
-To test if your terminal and font support it, check that all the necessary characters are supported by copying the following command to your terminal: `echo " ±  ➦ ✘ ⚡"`. The result should look like this:
+To test if your terminal and font support it, check that all the necessary characters are supported by copying the following command to your terminal: `echo "\ue0b0 \u00b1 \ue0a0 \u27a6 \u2718 \u26a1 \u2699"`. The result should look like this:
 
-![Character Example](http://cl.ly/content/image/2l3w443z363P/aHR0cDovL2YuY2wubHkvaXRlbXMvM2ozTjJpMDMzTzJNM0ozcDFjMjgvU2NyZWVuJTIwU2hvdCUyMDIwMTItMDktMTQlMjBhdCUyMDEyLjA2LjAyJTIwLnBuZw==)
+![Character Example](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/agnoster/3712874/raw/characters.png)
 
 ## What does it show?
 

agnoster.zsh-theme

@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@
 # A few utility functions to make it easy and re-usable to draw segmented prompts
 
 CURRENT_BG='NONE'
-SEGMENT_SEPARATOR=''
+
+# Characters
+SEGMENT_SEPARATOR="\ue0b0"
+PLUSMINUS="\u00b1"
+BRANCH="\ue0a0"
+DETACHED="\u27a6"
+CROSS="\u2718"
+LIGHTNING="\u26a1"
+GEAR="\u2699"
 
 # Begin a segment
 # Takes two arguments, background and foreground. Both can be omitted,
@@ -71,15 +79,15 @@ prompt_context() {
 prompt_git() {
   local ref dirty
   if $(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1); then
-    ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY='±'
+    ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY=$PLUSMINUS
     dirty=$(parse_git_dirty)
-    ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || ref="➦ $(git show-ref --head -s --abbrev |head -n1 2> /dev/null)"
+    ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || ref="$DETACHED $(git show-ref --head -s --abbrev |head -n1 2> /dev/null)"
     if [[ -n $dirty ]]; then
       prompt_segment yellow black
     else
       prompt_segment green black
     fi
-    echo -n "${ref/refs\/heads\// }$dirty"
+    echo -n "${ref/refs\/heads\//$BRANCH }$dirty"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -95,9 +103,9 @@ prompt_dir() {
 prompt_status() {
   local symbols
   symbols=()
-  [[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{red}%}✘"
-  [[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{yellow}%}⚡"
-  [[ $(jobs -l | wc -l) -gt 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{cyan}%}⚙"
+  [[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{red}%}$CROSS"
+  [[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{yellow}%}$LIGHTNING"
+  [[ $(jobs -l | wc -l) -gt 0 ]] && symbols+="%{%F{cyan}%}$GEAR"
 
   [[ -n "$symbols" ]] && prompt_segment black default "$symbols"
 }