From 233cf1b5b9383b0ddd949b9d92255eb7476ab3cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bailey Ling Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 00:15:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update readme about laststatus. resolves #20 --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++----- doc/airline.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e5ed3729..84531bc9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ lean & mean statusline for vim that's light as air there's already [powerline][b], why yet another statusline? -* it's standard vimscript, no python needed -* it's small. i want the entire plugin to be less than 200 lines as a rule -* it gets you 90% of the way there; in addition to all the standard goodies, it integrates with [vim-bufferline][f], [fugitive][d], and [syntastic][e] -* it looks good with regular fonts, and provides configuration points so you can use unicode or powerline symbols +* it's 100% vimscript; no python needed. +* it's small. i want the entire plugin to be *less than 200 lines* as a rule. +* it gets you 90% of the way there; in addition to all the standard goodies, it integrates with [vim-bufferline][f], [fugitive][d], and [syntastic][e]. +* it looks good with regular fonts, and provides configuration points so you can use unicode or powerline symbols. * it's fast to load, taking roughly 1ms. by comparison, powerline needs 60ms on the same machine. +* it's fully customizable; if you know a little `statusline` syntax you can tweak it to your needs. +* it is trivial to write colorschemes; for a minimal theme you need to edit 9 lines of colors. what about [old powerline][a]? -* the old version still works well, but since its deprecated new features won't get added +* the old version still works well, but since it's deprecated new features won't get added # why's it called airline? @@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ i wrote the initial version on an airplane, and since it's light as air it turne * you need to set `ttimeoutlen` to a low number; 50 is recommended 3. you get the error `Unknown function: fugitive#head` * you are probably using version 1.2, which is very old...download v2 from the [project page][d]. +4. airline doesn't appear until i create a new split + * add `set laststatus=2` to your vimrc + +# bugs + +if you encounter a bug, please reproduce it with this [minivimrc][g] repository i created and file an issue. # screenshots @@ -66,3 +74,4 @@ contributions and pull requests are welcome. [d]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive [e]: https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic [f]: https://github.com/bling/vim-bufferline +[g]: https://github.com/bling/minivimrc diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt index 03a7fb91..ad4fefda 100644 --- a/doc/airline.txt +++ b/doc/airline.txt @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ values): let g:airline_enable_syntastic=1 < -* change the theme, currently only `default` is available +* change the theme (available options: dark, light, simple, badwolf) > - let g:airline_theme='default' + let g:airline_theme='dark' < * enable/disable usage of patched powerline font symbols