Setting up airline-vim

Posted on January 1, 2017
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Install airline:
Plug 'bling/vim-airline'

Set airline powerline fonts in .vimrc:
g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1

Install fonts:

λ git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git
λ cd fonts
λ ./install.sh

Then in ~/.Xresources configure urxvt to use a powerline font:
URxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline:size=9

Then reloading the configuration:
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

And restart urxvtd:

λ killall urxvtd
λ urxvtd -q -o -f