Can I somehow add my own info to the status line via vimscript

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Can I somehow add my own info to the status line via vimscript? I need to create plugin that will update some value in the status line after certain time.

Thanks in advance.

similar to this question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5375240/a-more-useful-statusline-in-vim — Lory_yang, Oct 09 '14 at 08:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '14 at 08:49

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yes you can update the value of &statusline, by putting your new stuff in.

e.g.

let &statusline .= "Hello"

this will add a Hello to the end of statusline.

answered Oct 09 '14 at 08:49

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '14 at 08:52

The 'statusline' option configures what is shown in the status line. You can add the value of arbitrary Vimscript expressions via the %{expr} syntax, e.g.:

:set statusline+=\ %{localtime()}

Note that this gets invoked frequently, so it shouldn't do much processing. Alternatively, just insert a (buffer-local) variable, and use other means (:autocmd) to update the variable value when necessary.

If you plan to make this plugin reusable, better not directly mess with the 'statusline' option, but just offer a (global or autoload) function and instructions for users to include this in their personal option value.

Can I somehow add my own info to the status line via vimscript

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