vim-bufferline

Super simple vim plugin to show the list of buffers in the command bar.

Screenshots

In statusline

TODO

Configuration:

autocmd BufEnter *
    \ let &statusline='%{bufferline#refresh_status()}' .
        \ bufferline#get_status_string('StatusLine', 'StatusLineNC')

In command bar

TODO

Configuration:

let g:bufferline_echo = 1

In tabline (using lightline.vim)

Configuration:

let g:bufferline_active_buffer_left = ''
let g:bufferline_active_buffer_right = ''
let g:bufferline_show_bufnr = 0
let g:bufferline_fname_mod = ':~:.'
let g:bufferline_pathshorten = 1

let g:lightline = {
    \   'tab': {
    \     'active': ['tabnum'],
    \     'inactive': ['tabnum']
    \   },
    \   'tabline': {
    \     'left': [ ['tabs'], ['bufferline'] ],
    \     'right': [ ['fileencoding'] ]
    \   },
    \   'component': {
    \     'bufferline': '%{MyBufferlineRefresh()}' . bufferline#get_status_string('TabLineSel', 'LightLineLeft_tabline_tabsel_1'),
    \     'fileencoding': '%{&fenc}',
    \   }
    \ }

function! MyBufferlineRefresh()
  call bufferline#refresh_status()
  let rlen = 4*tabpagenr('$') + len(&fenc) + 8
  call bufferline#trim_status_info(&columns - rlen)
  return ''
endfunction

Installation

• pathogen

  $ git clone https://github.com/critiqjo/vim-bufferline ~/.vim/bundle/vim-bufferline

• neobundle

  NeoBundle 'critiqjo/vim-bufferline'

• vundle

  Plugin 'critiqjo/vim-bufferline'

• vim-plug

  Plug 'critiqjo/vim-bufferline'

Credits

The original author was Bailey Ling, who was inspired by the buftabs script.

License

MIT License. Copyright (c) 2013 Bailey Ling.