title: Vim powerline (Lokaltog's) weird characters in MacVim
body: <p>I'm trying to use Powerline plugin (<a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline</a>) for the first time.</p>
  
  <p>Plugin seems to be installed. I use vundle with the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Bundle 'Lokaltog/powerline', {'rtp':  'powerline/bindings/vim'}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried many different settings, but currently in my vimrc it looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set guifont=Menlo\ Regular\ for\ Powerline:h15
  "set guifont=Monaco\ Regular:h15
  " set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/powerline/powerline/bindings/vim
  let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy'
  "let g:Powerline_symbols = 'compatible'
  "let g:Powerline_cache_enabled = 1
  "set t_Co=256
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also pasted commented out some of the commands I've tried.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried different fonts, patched and normal, but nothing helps.</p>
  
  <p>laststatus is set to 2.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using MacVim on Mac OS X 10.8.2.</p>
  
  <p>Here's how the powerline with 2 windows looks for me:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wKHYl.png" alt="powerline with 2 windows"></p>
  
  <p>Note the weird boxed 'x' symbols...</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>