Shows an extra space after XML icon in --long listings

[ricpelo]

Exa shows an extra space after XML icon in --long listings:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS"

$ exa --version
exa - list files on the command-line
v0.10.1 [+git]
https://the.exa.website/

$ exa --icons --long *.xml *.py

[ariasuni]

Can confirm with several terminal emulators: Konsole and Kitty, Arch Linux, nerd-fonts-hack 2.1.0 (latest).

It seems that the XML icon (U+FABF) is displayed with a larger width, resulting visually in a additional space. I don’t think it’s supposed to work like that, it will need further investigation.

[ariasuni]

I opened a bug report on Nerd Fonts’ end, it would to nice if you could add your setup info there:
ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#637

[ricpelo]

Interestingly, I've recently realized Exa sometimes uses another slightly different icon, but without the extra-space problem.

I attach an screenshot to illustrate.

The icon near lib directory shows OK, and it's not exactly the same icon used in the .xml files.

Maybe Exa should use the working icon everywhere?

[ariasuni]

It’s fixed! Yeah, some icons in Nerd Fonts are replacing actual characters defined in Unicode which are considered as having a different size, but I’m not sure if we can do that for every problematic characters.