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95 points by hyperbling 13y ago

Legion 13y ago
The delay in leaving insert mode used to drive me nuts in vim-powerline. I posted an issue and the author pointed me to this helpful Vim config snippet as a workaround (original link gone as the vim-powerline issue tracker has been removed, so reposting as a gist): https://gist.github.com/brendonrapp/5944296 https://gist.github.com/brendonrapp/5944296 I imagine the delay that the README for this project is referring to might be the same thing, so hopefully it can be alleviated with this same trick. EDIT: Looks like the official Powerline docs share this little trick now: https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tipstricks.html https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tipstricks.html
- jlgreco 13y ago
  Oh brilliant, I didn't even realize it was powerline that was giving me this issue. They should probably consider making this trick more prominent.
ninetax 13y ago
Will it install with pathogen? Looks great btw!
- quantumpotato_ 13y ago
  Pathogen is mentioned in the README
- wahnfrieden 13y ago
  Check out vundle as an alternative to pathogen. I haven't looked back.
  - reledi 13y ago
    I also recommend Vundle [1]. It can install any plugin that can be installed with Pathogen. [1] https://github.com/gmarik/vundle https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
- nilkn 13y ago
  I installed it with Pathogen and haven't had any issues.
hoov 13y ago
> the old version still works well, but since it's deprecated new features won't get added While it's deprecated, the author is actively working on this: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline, which works well and has even more functionality.
sebslomski 13y ago
Great job, I love it!
daturkel 13y ago
I happen to really like this. I used a few lines in vimrc to make mine a little more practical for me: "" airline settings " remove separators let g:airline_left_sep='' let g:airline_right_sep='' " remove unused modes let g:airline_enable_fugitive=0 let g:airline_enable_syntastic=0 " set second section to filename let g:airline_section_b="%f" " empty third and fourth sections let g:airline_section_c="" let g:airline_section_x="" " put filetype in fifth section let g:airline_section_y="%Y" curious to see how other people have theirs configured. my full vim config is on github [1]. [1]: https://github.com/daturkel/vim-config https://github.com/daturkel/vim-config
reaperhulk 13y ago
This is slick. Anyone with more vim-fu than me have a good way to add mixed tabs/spaces warnings to airline?
- tvon 13y ago
  You can accomplish something similar with listchars and list: set list set listchars=tab:»·,trail:· It will not give you a file-wide warning but it will make tabs stand out (along with trailing whitespace). Not much help if you actually want tabs, granted.
  - reaperhulk 13y ago
    Oddly enough I added listchars data to my vimrc today without even thinking it would be helpful for detecting mixed. This ought to be good enough for now, thanks!
- hyperbling 13y ago
  here's a blog post i found that does what you need (http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/10/vim-pr0n-statusline-whitespace-flags.html http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/10/vim-pr0n-statusline-...) and then you can replace one of the airline sections with it.
da02 13y ago
How long was the flight? Also: thanks for publishing this!
- hyperbling 13y ago
  8 hour flight, written over international waters!
da02 13y ago
He also has some cool blog vim-related posts: http://bling.github.io/ http://bling.github.io/
wahnfrieden 13y ago
Is there a nice status line plugin that isn't full of color / visual noise? This would be by far the loudest and most animated part of my vim screen. I've tried powerline too and found it little but a distraction. I basically don't need to know which mode I'm in, either - if I somehow forget, or come back to vim after a while, I can just hit escape to reset its state.
- daturkel 13y ago
  What are you looking for in a status line plugin then? You can customize it a lot in your vimrc without a plugin.
nerdklers 13y ago
I've spent hours trying to get powerline to work with the patched fonts on OSX and Macvim without any results. This is lightweight, simple and just worked out of the box. Also the light theme is amazing. THANK YOU!
- hyperbling 13y ago
  you're welcome! i had a lot of fun writing this.
- spupy 13y ago
  You can use Powerline without a patched font. Set the separator accordingly it won't use fancy symbols.
lsiebert 13y ago
Yeah, I have been using this for a few days, and it is very nice.
nilkn 13y ago
I like this a lot, and it's particularly relevant to me since I occasionally find myself running an older version of vim. Therefore I always like seeing plugins written in pure vimscript.
jpterry 13y ago
Very cool. Much easier to get working than powerline, imho.
spupy 13y ago
Sadly this is incredibly slow on my netbook. Takes ages to return to normal mode. Back to powerline, or maybe vanilla.
- hyperbling 13y ago
  hi. is this the same problem that `set ttimeoutlen=10` addresses or something else?

95 points by hyperbling 13y ago

The delay in leaving insert mode used to drive me nuts in vim-powerline. I posted an issue and the author pointed me to this helpful Vim config snippet as a workaround (original link gone as the vim-powerline issue tracker has been removed, so reposting as a gist): https://gist.github.com/brendonrapp/5944296 https://gist.github.com/brendonrapp/5944296 I imagine the delay that the README for this project is referring to might be the same thing, so hopefully it can be alleviated with this same trick. EDIT: Looks like the official Powerline docs share this little trick now: https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tipstricks.html https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tipstricks.html

jlgreco 13y ago
Oh brilliant, I didn't even realize it was powerline that was giving me this issue. They should probably consider making this trick more prominent.

ninetax 13y ago

Will it install with pathogen? Looks great btw!

quantumpotato_ 13y ago
Pathogen is mentioned in the README
wahnfrieden 13y ago
Check out vundle as an alternative to pathogen. I haven't looked back.
- reledi 13y ago
  I also recommend Vundle [1]. It can install any plugin that can be installed with Pathogen. [1] https://github.com/gmarik/vundle https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
nilkn 13y ago
I installed it with Pathogen and haven't had any issues.

hoov 13y ago

> the old version still works well, but since it's deprecated new features won't get added While it's deprecated, the author is actively working on this: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline, which works well and has even more functionality.

sebslomski 13y ago

Great job, I love it!

daturkel 13y ago

I happen to really like this. I used a few lines in vimrc to make mine a little more practical for me: "" airline settings " remove separators let g:airline_left_sep='' let g:airline_right_sep='' " remove unused modes let g:airline_enable_fugitive=0 let g:airline_enable_syntastic=0 " set second section to filename let g:airline_section_b="%f" " empty third and fourth sections let g:airline_section_c="" let g:airline_section_x="" " put filetype in fifth section let g:airline_section_y="%Y" curious to see how other people have theirs configured. my full vim config is on github [1]. [1]: https://github.com/daturkel/vim-config https://github.com/daturkel/vim-config

reaperhulk 13y ago

This is slick. Anyone with more vim-fu than me have a good way to add mixed tabs/spaces warnings to airline?

tvon 13y ago
You can accomplish something similar with listchars and list: set list set listchars=tab:»·,trail:· It will not give you a file-wide warning but it will make tabs stand out (along with trailing whitespace). Not much help if you actually want tabs, granted.
- reaperhulk 13y ago
  Oddly enough I added listchars data to my vimrc today without even thinking it would be helpful for detecting mixed. This ought to be good enough for now, thanks!
hyperbling 13y ago
here's a blog post i found that does what you need (http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/10/vim-pr0n-statusline-whitespace-flags.html http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/10/vim-pr0n-statusline-...) and then you can replace one of the airline sections with it.

da02 13y ago

How long was the flight? Also: thanks for publishing this!

hyperbling 13y ago
8 hour flight, written over international waters!

da02 13y ago

He also has some cool blog vim-related posts: http://bling.github.io/ http://bling.github.io/

wahnfrieden 13y ago

Is there a nice status line plugin that isn't full of color / visual noise? This would be by far the loudest and most animated part of my vim screen. I've tried powerline too and found it little but a distraction. I basically don't need to know which mode I'm in, either - if I somehow forget, or come back to vim after a while, I can just hit escape to reset its state.

daturkel 13y ago
What are you looking for in a status line plugin then? You can customize it a lot in your vimrc without a plugin.

nerdklers 13y ago

I've spent hours trying to get powerline to work with the patched fonts on OSX and Macvim without any results. This is lightweight, simple and just worked out of the box. Also the light theme is amazing. THANK YOU!

hyperbling 13y ago
you're welcome! i had a lot of fun writing this.
spupy 13y ago
You can use Powerline without a patched font. Set the separator accordingly it won't use fancy symbols.

lsiebert 13y ago

Yeah, I have been using this for a few days, and it is very nice.

nilkn 13y ago

I like this a lot, and it's particularly relevant to me since I occasionally find myself running an older version of vim. Therefore I always like seeing plugins written in pure vimscript.

jpterry 13y ago

Very cool. Much easier to get working than powerline, imho.

spupy 13y ago

Sadly this is incredibly slow on my netbook. Takes ages to return to normal mode. Back to powerline, or maybe vanilla.

hyperbling 13y ago
hi. is this the same problem that `set ttimeoutlen=10` addresses or something else?