1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
|
Powerline
=========
:Author: Kim Silkebækken (kim.silkebaekken+vim@gmail.com)
:Source: https://github.com/powerline/powerline
:Version: beta
**Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and
prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, fish, tmux,
IPython, Awesome, i3 and Qtile.**
* `Support forum`_ (powerline-support@googlegroups.com)
* `Development discussion`_ (powerline-dev@googlegroups.com)
.. image:: https://api.travis-ci.org/powerline/powerline.svg?branch=develop
:target: `travis-build-status`_
:alt: Build status
.. _travis-build-status: https://travis-ci.org/powerline/powerline
.. _`Support forum`: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/powerline-support
.. _`Development discussion`: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/powerline-dev
Features
--------
* **Extensible and feature rich, written in Python.** Powerline was
completely rewritten in Python to get rid of as much vimscript as
possible. This has allowed much better extensibility, leaner and better
config files, and a structured, object-oriented codebase with no mandatory
third-party dependencies other than a Python interpreter.
* **Stable and testable code base.** Using Python has allowed unit testing
of all the project code. The code is tested to work in Python 2.6+ and
Python 3.
* **Support for prompts and statuslines in many applications.** Originally
created exclusively for vim statuslines, the project has evolved to
provide statuslines in tmux and several WMs, and prompts for shells like
bash/zsh and other applications. It’s simple to write renderers for any
other applications that Powerline doesn’t yet support.
* **Configuration and colorschemes written in JSON.** JSON is
a standardized, simple and easy to use file format that allows for easy
user configuration across all of Powerline’s supported applications.
* **Fast and lightweight, with daemon support for even better performance.**
Although the code base spans a couple of thousand lines of code with no
goal of “less than X lines of code”, the main focus is on good performance
and as little code as possible while still providing a rich set of
features. The new daemon also ensures that only one Python instance is
launched for prompts and statuslines, which provides excellent
performance.
*But I hate Python / I don’t need shell prompts / this is just too much
hassle for me / what happened to the original vim-powerline project / …*
You should check out some of the Powerline derivatives. The most lightweight
and feature-rich alternative is currently the `vim-airline
<https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline>`_ project.
Configuration
-------------
Basic powerline configuration is done via `JSON` files located at `.config/powerline/`. It is a good idea to start by copying the default configuration located at `powerline_root/powerline/config_files/` to `.config/powerline/`.
If you installed the powerline from the AUR or via pip, `powerline_root` should be `/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/` or something similar, depending on your python version.
This should yield you the following directory structure:
::
.config/powerline/
├── colorschemes
│ ├── ...
│ └── wm
| └── default.json // Your configuration goes here
├── colors.json
├── config.json
└── themes
├── ...
└── wm
└── default.json // Your configuration goes here
The files in the subdirectories of `themes` are used to specify which segments shall be shown; the files in subdirectories of `colorschemes` are used to specify which colors (as defined in `colors.json`) shall be used to display a segment.
Note that your local configuration only overrides the global configuration, it does not replace it, i.e. if you don't configure something locally, the global default will be used instead.
* Consult the `documentation <https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/configuration.html#quick-setup-guide>`_ for more details. See also the `segment reference <https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/configuration/segments.html>`_ for available segments and their configuration.
* Check out `powerline-fonts <https://github.com/powerline/fonts>`_ for
pre-patched versions of popular, open source coding fonts.
Screenshots
-----------
Vim statusline
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
**Mode-dependent highlighting**
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-mode-normal.png
:alt: Normal mode
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-mode-insert.png
:alt: Insert mode
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-mode-visual.png
:alt: Visual mode
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-mode-replace.png
:alt: Replace mode
**Automatic truncation of segments in small windows**
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-truncate1.png
:alt: Truncation illustration
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-truncate2.png
:alt: Truncation illustration
* .. image:: https://raw.github.com/powerline/powerline/develop/docs/source/_static/img/pl-truncate3.png
:alt: Truncation illustration
----
The font in the screenshots is `Pragmata Pro`_ by Fabrizio Schiavi.
.. _`Pragmata Pro`: http://www.fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro
|
