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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-term_24bit_colors>`
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 Python packages are not required by all segments, but
recommended for optimal performance and extra features:
* ``pygit2``
* ``mercurial``
* ``psutil``
Installation
============
* :ref:`installation-linux`
* :ref:`installation-osx`
Usage
=====
Vim statusline
--------------
Add the following line to your :file:`vimrc`, where ``{path}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: vim
set rtp+={path}/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``.
Shell prompts
-------------
Bash prompt
^^^^^^^^^^^
Add the following line to your :file:`bashrc`, where ``{path}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: bash
. {path}/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh
Zsh prompt
^^^^^^^^^^
Add the following line to your :file:`zshrc`, where ``{path}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: bash
. {path}/powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh
If you are not satisfied with powerline speed in this case, compile zpython
branch from https://bitbucket.org/ZyX_I/zsh.
Tmux statusline
---------------
Add the following line to your :file:`tmux.conf`, where ``{path}`` is the
absolute path to your Powerline installation directory::
source '{path}/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf'
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 ``{path}`` is the absolute
path to your Powerline installation directory:
.. code-block:: lua
package.path = package.path .. ';{path}/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),
# ...
],
),
),
]