[MAYBE A BUG] org-bullets not working properly in WSL Ubuntu

[byk4]

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Hi!

I want to get org-bullets working on my doom emacs, but they seem to not load, initially I thought that my font doesn't support ligatures or unicode characters but that is not the case, the initial splash screen is loading properly.

What I want:

What I get:

Below is the init.el

       (ligatures +extra +fira)    ; ligatures and symbols to make your code pretty again
       ;;minimap           ; show a map of the code on the side
       modeline          ; snazzy, Atom-inspired modeline, plus API
       ;;nav-flash         ; blink cursor line after big motions
       ;;neotree           ; a project drawer, like NERDTree for vim
       ophints           ; highlight the region an operation acts on
       (popup +defaults)   ; tame sudden yet inevitable temporary windows
       ;;smooth-scroll     ; So smooth you won't believe it's not butter
       ;;tabs              ; a tab bar for Emacs
       ;;treemacs          ; a project drawer, like neotree but cooler
       ;;unicode           ; extended unicode support for various languages
       (vc-gutter +pretty) ; vcs diff in the fringe
       vi-tilde-fringe   ; fringe tildes to mark beyond EOB
       ;;window-select     ; visually switch windows
       workspaces        ; tab emulation, persistence & separate workspaces
       ;;zen               ; distraction-free coding or writing

       :editor
       (evil +everywhere); come to the dark side, we have cookies
       file-templates    ; auto-snippets for empty files
       fold              ; (nigh) universal code folding
       ;;(format +onsave)  ; automated prettiness
       ;;god               ; run Emacs commands without modifier keys
       ;;lispy             ; vim for lisp, for people who don't like vim
       ;;multiple-cursors  ; editing in many places at once
       ;;objed             ; text object editing for the innocent
       ;;parinfer          ; turn lisp into python, sort of
       ;;rotate-text       ; cycle region at point between text candidates
       snippets          ; my elves. They type so I don't have to
       (whitespace +guess +trim)  ; a butler for your whitespace
       ;;word-wrap         ; soft wrapping with language-aware indent

       :emacs
       dired             ; making dired pretty [functional]
       electric          ; smarter, keyword-based electric-indent
       ;;eww               ; the internet is gross
       ;;ibuffer           ; interactive buffer management
       tramp             ; remote files at your arthritic fingertips
       undo              ; persistent, smarter undo for your inevitable mistakes
       vc                ; version-control and Emacs, sitting in a tree

       :term
       ;;eshell            ; the elisp shell that works everywhere
       ;;shell             ; simple shell REPL for Emacs
       ;;term              ; basic terminal emulator for Emacs
       ;;vterm             ; the best terminal emulation in Emacs

       :checkers
       syntax              ; tasing you for every semicolon you forget
       ;;(spell +flyspell) ; tasing you for misspelling mispelling
       ;;grammar           ; tasing grammar mistake every you make

       :tools
       ;;ansible
       ;;biblio            ; Writes a PhD for you (citation needed)
       ;;collab            ; buffers with friends
       ;;debugger          ; FIXME stepping through code, to help you add bugs
       ;;direnv
       ;;docker
       ;;editorconfig      ; let someone else argue about tabs vs spaces
       ;;ein               ; tame Jupyter notebooks with emacs
       (eval +overlay)     ; run code, run (also, repls)
       lookup              ; navigate your code and its documentation
       ;;llm               ; when I said you needed friends, I didn't mean...
       ;;(lsp +eglot)      ; M-x vscode
       magit             ; a git porcelain for Emacs
       ;;make              ; run make tasks from Emacs
       ;;pass              ; password manager for nerds
       ;;pdf               ; pdf enhancements
       ;;terraform         ; infrastructure as code
       ;;tmux              ; an API for interacting with tmux
       ;;tree-sitter       ; syntax and parsing, sitting in a tree...
       ;;upload            ; map local to remote projects via ssh/ftp

       :os
       (:if (featurep :system 'macos) macos)  ; improve compatibility with macOS
       ;;tty               ; improve the terminal Emacs experience

       :lang
       ;;ada               ; In strong typing we (blindly) trust
       ;;agda              ; types of types of types of types...
       ;;beancount         ; mind the GAAP
       ;;(cc +lsp)         ; C > C++ == 1
       ;;clojure           ; java with a lisp
       ;;common-lisp       ; if you've seen one lisp, you've seen them all
       ;;coq               ; proofs-as-programs
       ;;crystal           ; ruby at the speed of c
       ;;csharp            ; unity, .NET, and mono shenanigans
       ;;data              ; config/data formats
       ;;(dart +flutter)   ; paint ui and not much else
       ;;dhall
       ;;elixir            ; erlang done right
       ;;elm               ; care for a cup of TEA?
       emacs-lisp        ; drown in parentheses
       ;;erlang            ; an elegant language for a more civilized age
       ;;ess               ; emacs speaks statistics
       ;;factor
       ;;faust             ; dsp, but you get to keep your soul
       ;;fortran           ; in FORTRAN, GOD is REAL (unless declared INTEGER)
       ;;fsharp            ; ML stands for Microsoft's Language
       ;;fstar             ; (dependent) types and (monadic) effects and Z3
       ;;gdscript          ; the language you waited for
       ;;(go +lsp)         ; the hipster dialect
       ;;(graphql +lsp)    ; Give queries a REST
       ;;(haskell +lsp)    ; a language that's lazier than I am
       ;;hy                ; readability of scheme w/ speed of python
       ;;idris             ; a language you can depend on
       ;;json              ; At least it ain't XML
       ;;janet             ; Fun fact: Janet is me!
       ;;(java +lsp)       ; the poster child for carpal tunnel syndrome
       ;;javascript        ; all(hope(abandon(ye(who(enter(here))))))
       ;;julia             ; a better, faster MATLAB
       ;;kotlin            ; a better, slicker Java(Script)
       ;;latex             ; writing papers in Emacs has never been so fun
       ;;lean              ; for folks with too much to prove
       ;;ledger            ; be audit you can be
       ;;lua               ; one-based indices? one-based indices
       markdown          ; writing docs for people to ignore
       ;;nim               ; python + lisp at the speed of c
       ;;nix               ; I hereby declare "nix geht mehr!"
       ;;ocaml             ; an objective camel
       (org +pretty)            ; organize your plain life in plain text
       ;;php               ; perl's insecure younger brother
       ;;plantuml          ; diagrams for confusing people more
       ;;graphviz          ; diagrams for confusing yourself even more
       ;;purescript        ; javascript, but functional
       ;;python            ; beautiful is better than ugly
       ;;qt                ; the 'cutest' gui framework ever
       ;;racket            ; a DSL for DSLs
       ;;raku              ; the artist formerly known as perl6
       ;;rest              ; Emacs as a REST client
       ;;rst               ; ReST in peace
       ;;(ruby +rails)     ; 1.step {|i| p "Ruby is #{i.even? ? 'love' : 'life'}"}
       ;;(rust +lsp)       ; Fe2O3.unwrap().unwrap().unwrap().unwrap()
       ;;scala             ; java, but good
       ;;(scheme +guile)   ; a fully conniving family of lisps
       sh                ; she sells {ba,z,fi}sh shells on the C xor
       ;;sml
       ;;solidity          ; do you need a blockchain? No.
       ;;swift             ; who asked for emoji variables?
       ;;terra             ; Earth and Moon in alignment for performance.
       ;;web               ; the tubes
       ;;yaml              ; JSON, but readable
       ;;zig               ; C, but simpler

       :email
       ;;(mu4e +org +gmail)
       ;;notmuch
       ;;(wanderlust +gmail)

       :app
       ;;calendar
       ;;emms
       ;;everywhere        ; *leave* Emacs!? You must be joking
       ;;irc               ; how neckbeards socialize
       ;;(rss +org)        ; emacs as an RSS reader

       :config
       ;;literate
       (default +bindings +smartparens))

System information

https://pastebin.com/UTLvb1jS

[hlissner]

• :lang (org +pretty) uses org-modern for its unicode bullets, not org-bullets.
• If you want the same style as the screenshot, then use:

  ;;; add to $DOOMDIR/config.el
  (after! org-modern
    (setq org-modern-star 'replace))

• Install the Symbola font to fix unicode support (the font Emacs falls back to for glyphs that it fails to display).
• In the future, please post issues or possible issues in the issue category.