hvassaa/powerline-setup

% Get powerline working with bash, vim and git integration % 21/08/2018

Based on
https://fedoramagazine.org/add-power-terminal-powerline/ (initial setup)
https://leifmadsen.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/configuring-powerline-to-show-working-git-branch/ (for git integration)

Intended for/tested on Fedora (28)

Installation

for powerline

dnf install powerline powerline-fonts

for vim

dnf install vim-powerline

for git integration (pip and python is obviously needed)

pip install powerline-gitstatus

configuration

for the bash prompt, add this snippet to your .bashrc

if [ -f `which powerline-daemon` ]; then
  powerline-daemon -q
  POWERLINE_BASH_CONTINUATION=1
  POWERLINE_BASH_SELECT=1
  . /usr/share/powerline/bash/powerline.sh
fi

for powerline in vim, add this snippet to your .vimrc

"" For powerline
python3 from powerline.vim import setup as powerline_setup
python3 powerline_setup()
python3 del powerline_setup
set laststatus=2 " Always display the statusline in all windows
set showtabline=2 " Always display the tabline, even if there is only one tab
set noshowmode " Hide the default mode text (e.g. -- INSERT -- below the statusline)
set t_Co=256

for git integration (show current branch in the bash prompt)

first create a powerline config directory

mkdir -p ~/.config/powerline

next copy your systemwide powerline config file over to your local

cp /etc/xdg/powerline/config.json ~/.config/powerline/config.json

modify the local file (~/.config/powerline/config.json) - change "theme": "default" to "theme": "default_leftonly" under the "shell" part. As follows:

}
"shell": {
"colorscheme": "default",
~~- "theme": "default",~~
+ "theme": "default_leftonly",
"local_themes": {
"continuation": "continuation",
"select": "select"

reload powerline

powerline-daemon --replace