From fb050226ce94265e7d1be9245467e658e43da849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennen Raimer <norweeg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 18:09:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove unnecessary system check for Unicode output

resolves #5
resolves #25
resolves #141
obsoletes #142
---
 halo/_utils.py | 16 ----------------
 halo/halo.py   |  9 +++------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/halo/_utils.py b/halo/_utils.py
index 999a95b..3bf5985 100644
--- a/halo/_utils.py
+++ b/halo/_utils.py
@@ -15,22 +15,6 @@
 init(autoreset=True)
 
 
-def is_supported():
-    """Check whether operating system supports main symbols or not.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    boolean
-        Whether operating system supports main symbols or not
-    """
-
-    os_arch = platform.system()
-
-    if os_arch != 'Windows':
-        return True
-
-    return False
-
 
 def get_environment():
     """Get the environment in which halo is running
diff --git a/halo/halo.py b/halo/halo.py
index 9e10b66..8ebaa86 100644
--- a/halo/halo.py
+++ b/halo/halo.py
@@ -333,13 +333,10 @@ def _get_spinner(self, spinner):
         if spinner and type(spinner) == dict:
             return spinner
 
-        if is_supported():
-            if all([is_text_type(spinner), spinner in Spinners.__members__]):
-                return Spinners[spinner].value
-            else:
-                return default_spinner
+        if all([is_text_type(spinner), spinner in Spinners.__members__]):
+            return Spinners[spinner].value
         else:
-            return Spinners["line"].value
+            return default_spinner
 
     def _get_text(self, text):
         """Creates frames based on the selected animation