jeffcox / statusline

Responsive powerline-esque zsh theme

Statusline

A Powerline-style prompt for prezto and oh-my-zsh

Wish your prompt displayed more information, but afraid of filling it with clutter? Statusline is a responsive zsh theme that provides informational segments when you need them. For example, statusline only displays your user and machine names when you are in a remote shell. Likewise, task runtimes are only shown when they exceed ten seconds, the current working directory is dynamically shortened to fit onscreen, and more! Statusline is designed for solarized (light and dark), and is compatible with the default OS X Terminal.app.

Prerequisites

(The prezto version's installer checks for and installs all prerequisites)

• Powerline-patched menlo font (optional, see --font option)
• [Solarized light](setup/Solarized\ Light.terminal) or [solarized dark](setup/Solarized\ Dark.terminal) Terminal.app profiles
• zsh 5.0.0+ and git 2.0.0+

Quick Install

Got/want prezto? Statusline is one line away:

zsh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/el1t/statusline/master/prezto/install)"

For more information, read on!

Features

• Asynchronous git status loading
• Task runtime
• Light and dark themes
• Contextual segments
• Fully modular design
• Custom PS1, RPS1, PS2, RPS2, PS3, PS4, SPROMPT, and completion formatting
• Dual- and single-line prompts
• Powerline and legacy font support
• Tmux compatible

Single line mode

In addition to a two-line prompt, statusline supports a single-line mode

Segments

Name	Description	Context
status	SU/exit code/running jobs	when statuses are present
user	username	when in a remote shell
machine	machine name	when in a remote shell
git-branch	branch/position/commit	when inside a git repository
git-status	stashed/behind/ahead/etc.	when inside a git repository
directory	current working directory	dynamically truncated
time	12-hour clock	always
history	index in zsh history	always

Directory truncation?

When the length of the working directory exceeds that of the terminal, subdirectories up to (but not including) the tail directory are shortened to their first letter. In order to use this, directory must be last in the left-hand prompt. Note that only the minimum number of directories necessary are shortened.

Prezto

Installation

For automatic installation, simply run this in your shell:

zsh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/el1t/statusline/master/prezto/install)"

Manual installation

Updating

Run this to update prezto and all its submodules (including statusline):

git -C ~/.zprezto submodule foreach git pull origin master && git -C ~/.zprezto submodule foreach "(git checkout master; git pull)&"

Options

Set options in zshrc with zstyle ':prezto:module:prompt' theme 'statusline' <options>

Option	Parameters	Description
-c, --color	Terminal color code	Set statusbar background color
-d, --dark	N/A	Apply dark theme
-f, --font	See below	Change special chars used
-s, --single	N/A	Fit the prompt to one line

Font Parameter	Characters
powerline	⮂   ⮀
legacy	◀ < > ▶︎
block	◼ | | ◼
none	N/A

Run prompt -h statusline for more information.

Oh-my-zsh

Since the prezto version uses certain prezto modules which are not present in oh-my-zsh, missing features were ported to the oh-my-zsh version. This includes asynchronous git status loading, which was ported from prezto's git-info, and the customizable settings. However, statusline's settings are not exposed by oh-my-zsh, so customization is more difficult. Also, the key-binding color indicator is currently not supported in this version.