Tip: #15 - Displaying status line always
Created: February 24, 2001 18:03 Complexity: basic Author: Yegappan Version: 5.7 Karma: 138/77 Imported from: Tip#15
To display the status line always, set the following option in your .vimrc file:
:set laststatus=2
The advantage of having the status line displayed always is, you can see the current mode, file name, file status, ruler, etc.
To get more help on this, use
:help 'laststatus'