Some error occurred while executing silicon on mac

[aslak01]

It's not working for me, I get the error message "Some error occurred while executing silicon".

I'm using astrovim, and my config for silicon.lua is here: https://github.com/aslak01/astrovim-settings/blob/master/init.lua (lines 191-193 and 229-233.

[0oAstro]

Did you install silicon? (Aloxaf/silicon)

[aslak01]

Yes

[0oAstro]

I'll add a debug flag tomorrow.

Can you try running silicon manually?

[aslak01]

It runs as expected, I assume. As in it errors out with a bunch of flags I was supposed to set when I call it.

[0oAstro]

@aslak01 check with 72b51ba

Basically I added a new debug flag. Please send the log printed.

:lua require("silicon").visualise_api({debug = true})
:messages

[aslak01]

Missing font:

"[error] Error occurs when load font `monospace`: Font error: no font found"
"thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value', src/font.rs:211:14"
"note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace"

I'll see if I can fix it by setting a font I have available in config.

[aslak01]

Seems like setting the font locally didn't help, still get the same error.

      { "narutoxy/silicon.lua", requires = "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
        config = function()
          require("silicon").setup({
            font = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"
          })
        end
      }

[0oAstro]

Hmm strange, try using other fonts

PS: Font needs to be locally installed.

[aslak01]

Ah yeah I had specified my font incorrectly, it needed to have "Regular" to work. JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Regular worked.

[aslak01]

I would recommend tho, to either put a more descriptive error message on a font error, or use a default setting that would natively work cross platform. Not that I know what that setting would be.

[0oAstro]

I would recommend tho, to either put a more descriptive error message on a font error, or use a default setting that would natively work cross platform. Not that I know what that setting would be.

monospace was supposed to work on all platforms. Btw on which platform are you on? I can prompt user to explicitly mention the font before using the plug-in.