Vim is the editor I use for my day to day text editing tasks.

Powerline Mode Indicator

Vim Powerline plugin can show the ‘mode information’ on the powerline.

Normal Mode

Insert Mode

Visual Line Mode

Visual Block Mode

Powerline Git Branch Indicator

The above screens show we are working on the ‘Master’ branch. Let’s create and new branch called ‘Upeksha’ and checkout it.

Now the Git Branch Indicator shows the ‘Upeksha’ branch.

How to install Powerline

1 – First, Install the Powerline plugin.

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cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline.git

2 – Next, install the Powerline fonts.

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mkdir ~/.fonts
cd ~/.fonts/
git clone https://github.com/scotu/ubuntu-mono-powerline.git

3 – Finally, configure your Vim instance.

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" Vim Powerline
let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy'

" Automatically delete buffers when browsing git history/objects.
au BufReadPost fugitive://* set bufhidden=delete

" Optional Setting
set t_Co=256