[BUG]: Chinese Characters Cannot be Rendered in komorebi.bar and Chinese Fonts Crash the Application

[tieniu1]

Summary

Current Behavior

1. The default font "JetBrains Mono" cannot render Chinese characters properly, showing squares/boxes instead
2. When trying to use Chinese fonts like "Microsoft YaHei" or "Sarasa Mono SC", komorebi.bar crashes immediately

Steps to Reproduce

1. Default configuration with "JetBrains Mono":

{
"font_family": "JetBrains Mono"
}

• Chinese characters are displayed as squares/boxes

2. Try to use Chinese fonts:

{
"font_family": "Microsoft YaHei"
// or
"font_family": "Sarasa Mono SC"
}

• komorebi.bar crashes immediately after configuration

Expected Behavior

1. The default font should support Chinese characters
2. Common Chinese fonts should work without crashing

Environment

• Windows 11
• komorebi version: [your version]
• komorebi.bar version: [your version]

Additional Notes

• The default font should either support Chinese characters or be replaced with a font that does
• Popular CJK fonts like Sarasa Mono SC should be supported without causing crashes

Version Information

I ran "systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /B /C:"OS Version"" but got no output.

PS C:\Users\haland> [System.Environment]::OSVersion

Platform ServicePack Version VersionString

---

Win32NT 10.0.22631.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0

PS C:\Users\haland> komorebic --version
komorebic 0.1.30
tag:v0.1.30
commit_hash:9a3dbccc
build_time:2024-11-03 23:49:52 +00:00
build_env:rustc 1.82.0 (f6e511eec 2024-10-15),stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

Komorebi Configuration

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi/v0.1.30/schema.bar.json",
  "monitor": {
    "index": 0,
    "work_area_offset": {
      "left": 0,
      "top": 40,
      "right": 0,
      "bottom": 40
    }
  },
  "font_family": "Microsoft YaHei",
  "theme": {
    "palette": "Base16",
    "name": "Ashes",
    "accent": "Base0D"
  },
  "left_widgets": [
    {
      "Komorebi": {
        "workspaces": {
          "enable": true,
          "hide_empty_workspaces": true
        },
        "layout": {
          "enable": true
        },
        "focused_window": {
          "enable": true,
          "show_icon": true
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "right_widgets": [
    {
      "Media": {
        "enable": true
      }
    },
    {
      "Storage": {
        "enable": true
      }
    },
    {
      "Memory": {
        "enable": true
      }
    },
    {
      "Network": {
        "enable": true,
        "show_total_data_transmitted": false,
        "show_network_activity": true
      }
    },
    {
      "Date": {
        "enable": true,
        "format": "DayDateMonthYear"
      }
    },
    {
      "Time": {
        "enable": true,
        "format": "TwentyFourHour"
      }
    },
    {
      "Battery": {
        "enable": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

Hotkey Configuration

.shell powershell

alt + o                 : taskkill /f /im whkd.exe; Start-Process whkd -WindowStyle hidden
alt + shift + o         : komorebic reload-configuration

alt + q                 : komorebic close
alt + m                 : komorebic minimize


alt + h                 : komorebic focus left
alt + j                 : komorebic focus down
alt + k                 : komorebic focus up
alt + l                 : komorebic focus right
alt + shift + oem_4     : komorebic cycle-focus previous
alt + shift + oem_6     : komorebic cycle-focus next


alt + shift + h         : komorebic move left
alt + shift + j         : komorebic move down
alt + shift + k         : komorebic move up
alt + shift + l         : komorebic move right
alt + shift + return    : komorebic promote


alt + left              : komorebic stack left
alt + down              : komorebic stack down
alt + up                : komorebic stack up
alt + right             : komorebic stack right
alt + oem_1             : komorebic unstack
alt + oem_4             : komorebic cycle-stack previous
alt + oem_6             : komorebic cycle-stack next


alt + oem_plus          : komorebic resize-axis horizontal increase
alt + oem_minus         : komorebic resize-axis horizontal decrease
alt + shift + oem_plus  : komorebic resize-axis vertical increase
alt + shift + oem_minus : komorebic resize-axis vertical decrease


alt + shift + f         : komorebic toggle-float
alt + f                 : komorebic toggle-monocle


alt + shift + r         : komorebic retile
alt + p                 : komorebic toggle-pause


alt + x                 : komorebic flip-layout horizontal
alt + y                 : komorebic flip-layout vertical


alt + 1                 : komorebic focus-workspace 0
alt + 2                 : komorebic focus-workspace 1
alt + 3                 : komorebic focus-workspace 2
alt + 4                 : komorebic focus-workspace 3
alt + 5                 : komorebic focus-workspace 4
alt + 6                 : komorebic focus-workspace 5
alt + 7                 : komorebic focus-workspace 6
alt + 8                 : komorebic focus-workspace 7
alt + 9                 : komorebic focus-workspace 8


alt + shift + 1         : komorebic move-to-workspace 0
alt + shift + 2         : komorebic move-to-workspace 1
alt + shift + 3         : komorebic move-to-workspace 2
alt + shift + 4         : komorebic move-to-workspace 3
alt + shift + 5         : komorebic move-to-workspace 4
alt + shift + 6         : komorebic move-to-workspace 5
alt + shift + 7         : komorebic move-to-workspace 6
alt + shift + 8         : komorebic move-to-workspace 7
alt + shift + 9         : komorebic move-to-workspace 8


alt + space             : komorebic cycle-layout next
alt + shift + space     : komorebic cycle-layout previous


alt + b                 : komorebic change-layout bsp
alt + g                 : komorebic change-layout grid
alt + u                 : komorebic change-layout ultrawide-vertical-stack

Output of komorebic check

PS C:\Users\haland> komorebic check
No KOMOREBI_CONFIG_HOME detected, defaulting to C:\Users\haland

Looking for configuration files in C:\Users\haland

Found komorebi.json; this file can be passed to the start command with the --config flag

Found C:\Users\haland.config\whkdrc; key bindings will be loaded from here when whkd is started, and you can start it automatically using the --whkd flag

[LGUG2Z]

Likely an issue for egui which is what is handling all font rendering. I'll try and reproduce this with the fonts you mentioned soon 🤞

[LGUG2Z]

The default font should either support Chinese characters or be replaced with a font that does

I'm open to suggestions for a monospace font which also supports Chinese characters!

[tieniu1]

Likely an issue for egui which is what is handling all font rendering. I'll try and reproduce this with the fonts you mentioned soon 🤞

Thank you for your work. I tried YASB and found that "JetBrainsMono NFP" can display Chinese characters correctly. However, when I configured JetBrainsMono NFP in komorebi.bar, it still couldn't display Chinese. I hope this additional information can help you.