Following on from this question - I was wondering if there was a list of all the variables that you can use in the status line in vim - e.g %F seems to be full file path and %L seems to be 'total number of lines - would anyone have a link to a comprehensive listing of all of the magic variables?
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1`:help statusline`, of course. – romainl May 21 '14 at 20:01
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That information can be found under :help 'statusline'; all options are single-quoted in the Vim help. There's a link from :help status-line, too.
Learn how the excellent and comprehensive :help is structured; all the information is in there (you just need to know how to find it)!
Additionally, with the %{...} syntax, you can include arbitrary Vimscript expressions in the statusline as well, so you have all the flexibility you need. Plugins like airline showcase what is possible there; it might be worth exploring plugins like those before rolling your own.
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2I'd suggest the opposite: play with `statusline` before installing a fancy *line plugin. – romainl May 21 '14 at 20:46