56 lines
1.8 KiB
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56 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
# vim-airline
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lean & mean statusline for vim that's light as air
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# rationale
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there's already [powerline][b], why yet another statusline?
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* it's standard vimscript, no python needed
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* it's small. i want the entire plugin to be less than 200 lines as a rule
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* gets you 90% of the way there: in addition to all the standard goodies, supports [fugitive](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) and [syntastic](https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic)
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* integration with [vim-bufferline](https://github.com/bling/vim-bufferline)
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* looks good with regular fonts, with support to use powerline font glyths
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* it's fast to load. since it's so small, it only takes 0.5ms to load. by comparison, powerline needs 60ms on the same machine.
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# why's it called airline?
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i wrote this on an airplane, and since it's light as air it turned out to be a good name. thanks for flying vim!
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# configuration
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`:help airline`
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# faq
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1. the powerline font symbols are not showing up
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* the older deprecated [vim-powerline][a] uses different codes compared to the newer [powerline][b].
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* you can grab prepatched fonts at [powerline-fonts][c], or you can manually set the relevant `g:` variables
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2. leaving insert mode does not update the statusline
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* you need to set `ttimeoutlen` to a low number; 50 is recommended
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3. the colors don't change
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* you need `set lazyredraw` and `set t_Co=256` in your vimrc
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* if you know why these settings affect colors, i'd love to know the reason!
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# screenshots
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## regular font
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## powerline font
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# contributions
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contributions and pull requests are welcome.
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# license
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`:h license`
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[a]: https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline
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[b]: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline
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[c]: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts
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