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How can I have a permanent status line showing the name of the current file?

I keep on forgetting which file I'm editing.

In Vim 7.x, how can I have a permanent status bar at the bottom (like what is displayed when I press Ctrl+G) showing the current file name I'm editing?

Solution

  • [From the manual][1], what you want is:

    set laststatus=2
set statusline=%f "tail of the filename