# Failing to show unicode character in julia file

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** vim\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938 "2021-02-24T15:32:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DocDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@DocDave](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DocDave)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938/1 "2021-02-24T15:32:39Z")

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I am attempting to use the interpunct (`·`) unicode character within some code, which should be obtainable using the \cdot TeX command. Tab-completing this command within `.jl` files gives a blank (whitespace) character but renders correctly inside the REPL. However, I am able to tab-complete other unicode characters, including a very similar command, \cdotp, which works in both `.jl` files and REPL (see attached image). Combining these behaviours, I feel it safe to conclude that the issue is not related to:

- Operating system
- Window manager
- Julia
- Text editor
- Font

This is likely a simple problem with a simple fix but I cannot find anyone else having the same problem and I feel like I have ruled out everything. Any help in diagnosing/fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated!

My setup looks like:  
Gentoo Linux 5.10.5  
Sway 1.5.1-r1  
urxvt 9.22-r7  
vim 8.2.0814-r100  
julia 1.5.3

 ![ps_20210224150811](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/a/fa737aa09cfeafbaab422ae3a30787e68ea64844.png)

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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938/2 "2021-02-24T16:07:57Z")

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I don’t have the problem, but I am using [Julia-Vim](https://github.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vim) with the [Julia Mono Font](https://juliamono.netlify.app/).

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**Author:** ![DocDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@DocDave](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DocDave)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938/3 "2021-02-24T17:31:30Z")

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@lmiq I’ll be honest, I initially thought your comment didn’t add much but it encouraged me to try out the JuliaMono font (I was already using julia-vim). Lo and behold, it now works - that’ll teach me to be dismissive!

To anyone else experiencing a similar issue, I was using [FiraCode](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) font and the lack of this character appears to have been resolved by switching to JuliaMono (linked in the [above post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-to-show-unicode-character-in-julia-file/55938/2)).