Powerline

Install on MacOS

Install Python & Powerline

$ brew install python
$ pip3 install powerline-status

Default Python version is 3.7

Find powerline install Location:

$ pip3 show powerline-status

there is a line like Location: {path}

Install Fonts

$ git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git
$ cd fonts
$ ./install.sh

Terminal use Inconsolata-g for Powerline

Config bash

Add follow command in ~/.bash_profile file

. {path}/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh

Trouble shooting

if appear
../../../scripts/powerline-config: No such file or directory
need to find where is `powerline-config`
then add the inlclude path to $PATH
e.g. PATH=$PATH:/Users/kaihan.chang/Library/Python/3.7/bin

Config Vim

brew install vim

Edit ~/.vimrc , add following code:

set rtp+={path}/powerline/bindings/vim

" These lines setup the environment to show graphics and colors correctly.
set nocompatible
set t_Co=256

let g:minBufExplForceSyntaxEnable = 1

if ! has('gui_running')
   set ttimeoutlen=10
   augroup FastEscape
      autocmd!
      au InsertEnter * set timeoutlen=0
      au InsertLeave * set timeoutlen=1000
   augroup END
endif

set laststatus=2 " Always display the statusline in all windows
set guifont=Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline:h14
set noshowmode " Hide the default mode text (e.g. -- INSERT -- below the statusline)

syntax on

Create config directory

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell
$ vim ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json

Config Example:

{
  "segments": {
    "left": [
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.shell.mode"
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.common.net.hostname",
        "priority": 10
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.common.env.user",
        "before": "♥ ",
        "priority": 30
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.common.env.virtualenv",
        "priority": 50
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.common.time.date",
        "args": {
          "format": "%H:%M"
        },
        "priority": 10
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.shell.cwd",
        "priority": 10
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.shell.jobnum",
        "priority": 20
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.shell.last_pipe_status",
        "priority": 10
      },
      {
        "function": "powerline.segments.common.vcs.branch",
        "priority": 40
      },
      {
         "function": "powerline_svnstatus.svnstatus",
         "args": {
         "branch_format": "r%s",
         "branch_re": "(\\d+)",
         "line_start": "Revision: "
         },
         "priority": 60
      }
    ]
  }
}

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