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Overview
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Requirements
============
Powerline requires Python 3.3 or Python 2.7 to work.
Vim plugin requirements
-----------------------
The vim plugin requires a vim version with Python support compiled in. You
can check if your vim supports Python by running ``vim --version | grep
+python``.
If your vim version doesn't have support for Python, you'll have to compile
it with the ``--enable-pythoninterp`` flag (``--enable-python3interp`` if
you want Python 3 support instead). Note that this also requires the related
Python headers to be installed on your system. Please consult your
distribution's documentation for details on how to compile and install
packages.
Vim version 7.3.661 or newer is recommended for performance reasons.
Terminal emulator requirements
------------------------------
Powerline uses several special glyphs to get the arrow effect and some
custom symbols for developers. This requires that you either have a symbol
font or a patched font on your system. Your terminal emulator must also
support either patched fonts or fontconfig for Powerline to work properly.
You can also enable :ref:`24-bit color support <config-common-term_truecolor>`
if your 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
===================== ======= ===================== ===================== =====================
Gnome Terminal Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_no|
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_no|
Terminal.app OS X |i_yes| |i_no| |i_no|
Xfce Terminal Linux |i_yes| |i_yes| |i_no|
xterm Linux |i_yes| |i_no| |i_partial| [#]_
===================== ======= ===================== ===================== =====================
.. |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.
.. [#] Uses nearest color from 8-bit palette.
Optional dependencies
---------------------
The following software is not required by all segments, but recommended for
optimal performance and extra features:
Python packages
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* ``pygit2``
* ``mercurial``
* ``psutil``
* ``i3-py``, `available on github <https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py>`_. Only used with i3wm bindings and segments.
Other applications
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* ``git`` version 1.7.2 and later. Not needed if you have ``pygit2``.
Installation
============
.. note:: This project is currently unavailable from PyPI due to a naming conflict
with an unrelated project. Please read the detailed instructions for your platform
below.
* :ref:`installation-linux`
* :ref:`installation-osx`
Usage
=====
.. _vim-vimrc:
Vim statusline
--------------
If installed using pip just add
.. code-block:: vim
python from powerline.vim import setup as powerline_setup
python powerline_setup()
python del powerline_setup
(replace ``python`` with ``python3`` if appropriate) to your :file:`vimrc`.
If you just cloned the repository add the following line to your :file:`vimrc`,
where ``{repository_root}`` is the absolute path to your Powerline installation
directory:
.. code-block:: vim
set rtp+={repository_root}/powerline/bindings/vim
If you're using Vundle or Pathogen and don't want Powerline functionality in
any other applications, simply add Powerline as a bundle and point the path
above to the Powerline bundle directory, e.g.
``~/.vim/bundle/powerline/powerline/bindings/vim``. For vim-addon-manager it is
even easier since you dont need to write this big path or install anything by
hand: ``powerline`` is installed and run just like any other plugin using
.. code-block:: vim
call vam#ActivateAddons(['powerline'])
Note: when using Gentoo ebuild you need to specify ``USE=vim`` to enable
powerline.
Shell prompts
-------------
Bash prompt
^^^^^^^^^^^
Add the following line to your :file:`bashrc`, where ``{repository_root}`` is
the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: bash
. {repository_root}/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh
Zsh prompt
^^^^^^^^^^
Add the following line to your :file:`zshrc`, where ``{repository_root}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: bash
. {repository_root}/powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh
Fish prompt
^^^^^^^^^^^
Add the following line to your :file:`config.fish`, where ``{repository_root}``
is the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: bash
set fish_function_path $fish_function_path "{repository_root}/powerline/bindings/fish"
powerline-setup
.. _tmux-statusline:
Tmux statusline
---------------
Add the following lines to your :file:`.tmux.conf`, where ``{repository_root}``
is the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory::
source "{repository_root}/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf"
.. note::
The availability of the ``powerline-config`` command is required for
powerline support. You may specify location of this script via
``$POWERLINE_CONFIG_COMMAND`` environment variable.
IPython prompt
--------------
For IPython<0.11 add the following lines to your
:file:`.ipython/ipy_user_conf.py`::
# top
from powerline.bindings.ipython.pre_0_11 import setup as powerline_setup
# main() function (assuming you launched ipython without configuration to
# create skeleton ipy_user_conf.py file):
powerline_setup()
For IPython>=0.11 add the following line to your :file:`ipython_config.py`
file in the profile you are using::
c.InteractiveShellApp.extensions = [
'powerline.bindings.ipython.post_0_11'
]
IPython=0.11* is not supported and does not work. IPython<0.10 was not
tested (not installable by pip).
Awesome widget
--------------
.. note:: Powerline currently only supports awesome 3.5.
.. note:: The Powerline widget will spawn a shell script that runs in the
background and updates the statusline with ``awesome-client``.
Add the following to your :file:`rc.lua`, where ``{repository_root}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: lua
package.path = package.path .. ';{repository_root}/powerline/bindings/awesome/?.lua'
require('powerline')
Then add the ``powerline_widget`` to your ``wibox``:
.. code-block:: lua
right_layout:add(powerline_widget)
Qtile widget
------------
Add the following to your :file:`~/.config/qtile/config.py`:
.. code-block:: python
from powerline.bindings.qtile.widget import Powerline
screens = [
Screen(
top=bar.Bar([
# ...
Powerline(timeout=2),
# ...
],
),
),
]
I3 bar
------
.. note:: Until the patch is done in i3, you will need a custom ``i3bar`` build
called ``i3bgbar``. The source is available `here
<https://github.com/S0lll0s/i3bgbar>`_.
Add the following to your :file:`~/.i3/config`::
bar {
i3bar_command i3bgbar
status_command python /path/to/powerline/bindings/i3/powerline-i3.py
font pango:PowerlineFont 12
}
where ``i3bgbar`` may be replaced with the path to the custom i3bar binary and
``PowerlineFont`` is any system font with powerline support.