The docs say that this will work best on a unix like system but doesn't say what that means or whether it will work on Windows. Has anyone tried this on Windows? Does it work?
Vim-powerline: The ultimate vim statusline utility
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#22If you've tried this on Snow Leopard and are confused as to why it looks nothing like the screenshots, you might want to try a different terminal application.
Terminal in Snow Leopard doesn't support 256 colours, so iTerm2 should show vim-powerline closer to the screenshots. It's open source and works pretty well in my experience.
The Terminal in Lion supports 'xterm-256color'.
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#23The docs say that this will work best on a unix like system but doesn't say what that means or whether it will work on Windows. Has anyone tried this on Windows? Does it work?
you should try it and let us know =]
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#24I've been using this all morning - it's really incredible.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Vundle is even better than Pathogen IMO. It takes away the need to manage git submodules, in favor of just creating a text file that defines your plugins, Bundler style. Removing plugins from your setup is MUCH cleaner.
I have to +1 this, I tend to use every piece that Tim Pope produces for their goodness, but Vundle truly rocks for exactly what you mentioned.
And to be fair to tpope, Vundle is something that clearly came along later, looking to refine the experience that Pathogen established.
Vundle is a minor but very welcome improvement on Pathogen, while Pathogen was a monsterous improvement on the painful Vim plugin management of before.
I too am a big fan of tpope Vim plugins, and Vundle is the first plugin that I've ever used to replace one of his with. So now I don't have Pathogen but I have a Vundle file that says "tpope" all over it. :)
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#26The docs say that this will work best on a unix like system but doesn't say what that means or whether it will work on Windows. Has anyone tried this on Windows? Does it work?
It does work on Windows. Kinda. I'm using Consolas, and simple mode has a little question-mark-in-a-box where some dividers should be. Unicode mode is worse. Absolutely usable, though.
It'll take more fiddling than it's worth to patch the font on Windows, so I plan on booting Ubuntu to do it later.
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#27I love how easy pathogen ( https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen ) makes installing vim plugins from github. I always struggled with it in the past (and mostly avoided it) but now it is as simple as git clone and done.
Vundle is even better than Pathogen IMO. It takes away the need to manage git submodules, in favor of just creating a text file that defines your plugins, Bundler style. Removing plugins from your setup is MUCH cleaner.
Also, Vundle has a nice interface to manage installation/removal of new plugins (BundleSearch, BundleInstall, BundleClean, etc.). Pathogen is more of a 'do it yourself' approach, while Vundle tries to be a complete suite a la Aptitude.
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#28I love how easy pathogen ( https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen ) makes installing vim plugins from github. I always struggled with it in the past (and mostly avoided it) but now it is as simple as git clone and done.
Vundle is even better than Pathogen IMO. It takes away the need to manage git submodules, in favor of just creating a text file that defines your plugins, Bundler style. Removing plugins from your setup is MUCH cleaner.
Cheers for the heads up - great plugin. Hadn't heard of Vundle before, but its handling of plugin installation, update and removal is really slick!
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#29The docs say that this will work best on a unix like system but doesn't say what that means or whether it will work on Windows. Has anyone tried this on Windows? Does it work?
It does work on Windows. Kinda. I'm using Consolas, and simple mode has a little question-mark-in-a-box where some dividers should be. Unicode mode is worse. Absolutely usable, though. It'll take more fiddling than it's worth to patch the font on Windows, so I plan on booting Ubuntu to do it later.
Yeah I'm getting the same behavior. When you patch it, can you let me know?
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