# Symbol for \\circ does not appear in the prompt

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955 "2021-04-24T21:22:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![adcsilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@adcsilva](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adcsilva)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/1 "2021-04-24T21:22:47Z")

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Hi, I tried to use `\circ` for the composition of functions. The composition works, but the symble º does not appear in the prompt. It shows instead a ?. I have added a screen shot below. How can I fix this behavior?

![circ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/1/c14aa38c30566e7483a9c86f2ce9ab02ffc35864.png)

I am using julia version 1.6.0 under Windows.

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/2 "2021-04-24T21:52:35Z")

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Don’t use the Windows console — [download the Windows Terminal](https://julialang.org/downloads/platform/#windows) to get better Unicode support. (On top of that, it wouldn’t hurt to get a [better font](https://juliamono.netlify.app/).)

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Emanuel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jeff_emanuel/32/15440_2.png) [@Jeff\_Emanuel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jeff_Emanuel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/3 "2021-04-24T21:57:31Z")

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I use the Windows command prompt, but I told it to use a better font. I see \circ just fine.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/b/3bfc12c018463eeab0507d938ebb84e8ec60800c.png)

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**Author:** ![adcsilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@adcsilva](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adcsilva)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/4 "2021-04-25T18:45:25Z")

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Thank you. I have downloaded Windows Terminal. But, when I run julia from the prompt of Windows Terminal, the same repl format appears. How do I instruct julia to use the Windows Terminal?

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**Author:** ![adcsilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@adcsilva](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adcsilva)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/5 "2021-04-25T18:47:36Z")

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Thank you. I will first try to fix the problem using windows terminal. How do I run julia through windows terminal and set it as default?

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/6 "2021-04-25T18:56:06Z")

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Just open the Windows terminal and type `julia`, if it’s 1.6 it should have been added to your `PATH` during installation.

If it’s not on your path either add it or `cd` to the Julia folder in the terminal and start it from there.

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**Author:** ![adcsilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@adcsilva](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adcsilva)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/7 "2021-04-25T19:22:58Z")

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Yes, it works. Thanks. It was not in path, though, although it is julia 1.6. I had to cd to the bin folder and type `.\julia`. Using `start julia` doesn’t work.

Do you know how can I set julia to run it through the Windows Terminal (PowerShell) as default? That is, when I click julia from the start menu, to make it use the Windows Terminal?

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**Author:** ![MarcMush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marcmush/32/18006_2.png) [@MarcMush](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MarcMush)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbol-for-circ-does-not-appear-in-the-prompt/59955/8 "2021-04-26T10:44:56Z")

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you can define Powershell aliases (see [my response here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/determine-version-lanuched-from-terminal/58441/2)), so that `julia` will launch your prefered version of Julia