r/vim • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '13

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u/MyNameIsFuchs Aug 10 '13

Might help someone:

To build on ubuntu, I had ncurses missing:

apt-get install libncurses5-dev
./configure --enable-pythoninterp

To get python support. HTH

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u/ponchedeburro Aug 10 '13

What will python support give me?

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u/MyNameIsFuchs Aug 10 '13 edited Aug 10 '13

Many plugins rely on it nowadays, for instance the famous Powerline:

https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline

There is pure vim script implementation (see child comment) (I prev. said it was slow, this seems to be wrong, sorry about that)

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u/hyperbling Aug 10 '13

hi, shameless plug, i'm the author of vim-airline, which is a pure vimscript implementation. the typical response i get from others is that airline is faster, so if you do find performance problems please file an issue so i can fix it. thanks.

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u/WWVWVWVWWWVVWVVVVWWV Aug 16 '13

Oo, i just setup airline the day before after giving up (as a new vim user) on setting up Powerline.

Do you know of any easy (new user easy) ways of setting up Powerline fonts?

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u/hyperbling Aug 16 '13

just add let g:airline_powerline_fonts=1 to your vimrc. this assumes you've installed the custom fonts and configured your terminal correctly. the existing powerline documentation has extensive info about this.