diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index e0e37b2..86d5a50 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +#### vim-airline doesn't appear until I create a new split + +Add `set laststatus=2` to your vimrc. + #### The powerline font symbols are not showing up Adding `let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1` to your vimrc will automatically populate the `g:airline_symbols` dictionary with the proper font glyphs for various symbols. @@ -65,10 +69,6 @@ Certain themes are derived from the active colorscheme by extracting colors from You need [fugitive](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) to see the current git branch. If you have it and still don't see it then you are probably using version 1.2, which is very old. vim-airline relies on a `fugitive#head()` function. Download v2 from the [project page][d]. -#### vim-airline doesn't appear until I create a new split - -Add `set laststatus=2` to your vimrc. - #### vim-bufferline is printing to the statusline as well as the command bar You can disable automatic echoing by adding `let g:bufferline_echo = 0` to your vimrc. @@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ But (especially if you are using a bundler to install airline), you may prefer t 4. To make it load on startup, add to your `.vimrc`: `:let g:airline_theme='your_theme_name'` -#### I am seeing lot of `AirlineTabRefresh` messages when creating new splits. How can I get rid of them? - -It seems, sometimes Vim does not create the correct mapping. Please add this mapping to your vimrc file: - -`:noremap AirlineTablineRefresh :set mod!` - -If you happen to know, how to reproduce the issue on how to make Vim create those invalid maps, please mention in ticket [1029](https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline/issues/1029). - #### Can I get better font rendering in Windows gvim? If you are using a gVim with the +directx interface enabled at compile time, you can use DirectX rendering. This will provide better font rendering for the powerline glyphs. You can enable this using: @@ -128,9 +120,18 @@ For screenshots see ticket [1031](https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline/iss [e]: https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline/commit/d7fd8ca649e441b3865551a325b10504cdf0711b [n]: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/256_colors_in_vim -#### Make Airline seems like powerline +#### How can I make Airline look like powerline? If you want your airline looks like a new powerline install (i.e all options by default), you only have to add this option to your `.vimrc` -`let g:airline_section_z = airline#section#create(['windowswap', '%3p%% ', 'linenr', ':%3v']) ` \ No newline at end of file +`let g:airline_section_z = airline#section#create(['windowswap', '%3p%% ', 'linenr', ':%3v']) ` + +#### How can I remove those angle at the end? + +This happens, because the warning and error sections are empty. However, because of the way the airline sections are evaluated, those separators will always be shown. +You can disable them, if you put this option into your `.vimrc` + +`let g:airline_skip_empty_sections = 1` + +This poses a small performance penalty, however. \ No newline at end of file