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Tips & Tricks
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Vim
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Fix terminal timeout when pressing escape
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When you're pressing :kbd:`Escape` to leave insert mode in the terminal, it 
will by default take a second or another keystroke to leave insert mode 
completely and update the statusline. If you find this annoying, you can add 
the following snippet to your :file:`vimrc` to escape insert mode 
immediately:

.. code-block:: vim

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

Useful settings
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You may find the following vim settings useful when using the Powerline 
statusline:

.. code-block:: vim
   
   set laststatus=2 " Always display the statusline in all windows
   set noshowmode " Hide the default mode text (e.g. -- INSERT -- below the statusline)

Terminus font and urxvt
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The Terminus fonts does not have the powerline glyths and unless someone submits a patch to 
the font author, it is unlikely to happen.  However, Andre Klärner came up with this work around: 
In your ``~/.Xdefault`` file add the following:

``urxvt*font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12,xft:Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline:pixelsize=12``

This will allow urxvt to fallback onto the Inconsolata fonts in case it does not find the right 
glyths within the terminus font.