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diff --git a/docs/source/usage.rst b/docs/source/usage.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bfd304 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/usage.rst @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +***** +Usage +***** + +Application-specific requirements +--------------------------------- + +Vim plugin requirements +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The vim plugin requires a vim version with Python support compiled in. Presence +of Python support in Vim can be checked by running ``vim --version | grep ++python``. + +If Python support is absent then Vim needs to be compiled with it. To do this +use ``--enable-pythoninterp`` :file:`./configure` flag (Python 3 uses +``--enable-python3interp`` flag instead). Note that this also requires the +related Python headers to be installed. Please consult distribution’s +documentation for details on how to compile and install packages. + +Vim version 7.4 or newer is recommended for performance reasons, but Powerline +supports Vim 7.0.112 and higher. + +Shell prompts requirements +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Due to fish having incorrect code for prompt width calculations up to version +2.1 and no way to tell that certain sequence of characters has no width +(``%{…%}`` in zsh and ``\[…\]`` in bash prompts serve exactly this purpose) +users that have fish versions below 2.1 are not supported.. + + +WM widgets requirements +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Awesome is supported starting from version 3.5.1, inclusive. QTile is supported +from version 0.6, inclusive. + +.. _usage-terminal-emulators: + +Terminal emulator requirements +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Powerline uses several special glyphs to get the arrow effect and some custom +symbols for developers. This requires either a symbol font or a patched font +installed. Used terminal emulator must also support either patched fonts or +fontconfig for Powerline to work properly. + +:ref:`24-bit color support <config-common-term_truecolor>` can also be enabled +if terminal emulator supports it. + +.. table:: Application/terminal emulator feature support matrix + :name: term-feature-support-matrix + + ===================== ======= ===================== ===================== ===================== + Name OS Patched font support Fontconfig support 24-bit color support + ===================== ======= ===================== ===================== ===================== + Gvim Linux |i_yes| |i_no| |i_yes| + iTerm2 OS X |i_yes| |i_no| |i_no| + Konsole Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_yes| + lxterminal Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_no| + MacVim OS X |i_yes| |i_no| |i_yes| + rxvt-unicode Linux |i_partial| [#]_ |i_no| |i_no| + st Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_yes| [#]_ + Terminal.app OS X |i_yes| |i_no| |i_no| + libvte-based [#]_ Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_yes| [#]_ + xterm Linux |i_yes| |i_no| |i_partial| [#]_ + fbterm Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_no| + ===================== ======= ===================== ===================== ===================== + +.. |i_yes| image:: _static/img/icons/tick.png +.. |i_no| image:: _static/img/icons/cross.png +.. |i_partial| image:: _static/img/icons/error.png + +.. [#] Must be compiled with ``--enable-unicode3`` for the patched font to work. +.. [#] Since version 0.5. +.. [#] Including XFCE terminal and GNOME terminal. +.. [#] Since version 0.36. +.. [#] Uses nearest color from 8-bit palette. + +Plugins +------- + +.. toctree:: + + usage/shell-prompts + usage/wm-widgets + usage/other |