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" this
set statusline=%f%n
" is the same as this
" but this variant is cleaner and easier to maintain
set statusline=
set statusline+=%f
set statusline+=%n

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The second character in "item" is the type:
    N for number
    S for string
    F for flags as described below
    - not applicable
ITEM  MEANING ~
f S   Path to the file in the buffer, as typed or relative to current
        directory.
F S   Full path to the file in the buffer.
t S   File name (tail) of file in the buffer.

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set laststatus=2
set statusline=
set statusline+=%f
set statusline+=%l
set statusline+=%L
set statusline+=%n

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set statusline=
set statusline+=%f
set statusline+=%m
" switching to right side
set statusline+=%=
set statusline+=%l
set statusline+=%L

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" from scrooloose's blog post
" https://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/08/vim-pr0n-making-statuslines-that-own.html
set statusline=
set statusline+=%<\                       " cut at start
set statusline+=%2*[%n%H%M%R%W]%*\        " flags and buf no
set statusline+=%-40f\                    " path
set statusline+=%=%1*%y%*%*\              " file type
set statusline+=%10((%l,%c)%)\            " line and column
set statusline+=%P                        " percentage of file

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" Dictionary: take mode() input -> longer notation of current mode
" mode() is defined by Vim
let g:currentmode={ 'n' : 'Normal ', 'no' : 'N·Operator Pending ', 'v' : 'Visual ', 'V' : 'V·Line ', '^V' : 'V·Block ', 's' : 'Select ', 'S': 'S·Line ', '^S' : 'S·Block ', 'i' : 'Insert ', 'R' : 'Replace ', 'Rv' : 'V·Replace ', 'c' : 'Command ', 'cv' : 'Vim Ex ', 'ce' : 'Ex ', 'r' : 'Prompt ', 'rm' : 'More ', 'r?' : 'Confirm ', '!' : 'Shell ', 't' : 'Terminal '}


" Function: return current mode
" abort -> function will abort soon as error detected
function! ModeCurrent() abort
    let l:modecurrent = mode()
    " use get() -> fails safely, since ^V doesn't seem to register

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function! FileSize() abort
    let l:bytes = getfsize(expand('%p'))
    if (l:bytes >= 1024)
        let l:kbytes = l:bytes / 1025
    endif
    if (exists('kbytes') && l:kbytes >= 1000)
        let l:mbytes = l:kbytes / 1000
    endif
 
    if l:bytes <= 0

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function! ReadOnly() abort
  if &readonly || !&modifiable
    return ''
  else
    return ''
endfunction

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set statusline=
" file encoding
set statusline+=\ %{(&fenc!=''?&fenc:&enc)}
" current time, when buffer saved
set statusline+=\ %{strftime('%R', getftime(expand('%')))}
set statusline+=\ %{&fileformat}

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set laststatus=2
set statusline=
set statusline+=%#function#\ %l
set statusline+=\ %*
set statusline+=\ ‹‹
set statusline+=\ %f\ %*
set statusline+=\ ››
set statusline+=\ %m
set statusline+=%#keyword#\ %F
set statusline+=%=