[[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt][file:https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL_3-green.svg]] [[https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/telephone-line.html][https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/telephone-line.svg]] [[http://melpa.org/#/telephone-line][file:http://melpa.org/packages/telephone-line-badge.svg]] [[http://stable.melpa.org/#/telephone-line][file:http://stable.melpa.org/packages/telephone-line-badge.svg]]
[[./screenshots/abs.png]]
[[./screenshots/cubed.png]]
[[./screenshots/gradient.png]]
[[./screenshots/rainbow.png]]
For more information on how to get those screenshots, check out [[./examples.org][the examples]].
Telephone Line is a new implementation of Powerline for emacs with (optional) baked-in evil support, antialiased separators, and an easy configuration language which makes it trivial to write your own themes. Additionally, I dogfood the hell out of it so bugfixes should come quickly. It's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77R1Wp6Y_5Y][named after a song]] which is what I always look for in software.
The easiest way to install telephone-line is with package.el through [[https://elpa.nongnu.org/][NonGNU ELPA]] or MELPA. Once you have the package installed, initializing it is the usual stuff:
(require 'telephone-line) (telephone-line-mode 1)
abs
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-abs-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-abs-hollow-left.png]]
cubed
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-cubed-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-cubed-hollow-left.png]]
identity
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-identity-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-identity-hollow-left.png]]
sin
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-sin-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-sin-hollow-left.png]]
halfsin
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-halfsin-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-halfsin-hollow-left.png]]
cos
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-cos-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-cos-hollow-left.png]]
halfcos
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-halfcos-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-halfcos-hollow-left.png]]
tan
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-tan-left.png]] [[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-tan-hollow-left.png]]
gradient
[[./screenshots/separators/telephone-line-gradient.png]]
There is also a perfectly flat vertical separator, ~telephone-line-flat~, though there's not much to look at here ;)
First, remember that all configuration must be done before calling ~(telephone-line-mode 1)~
Segments can be added by configuring the ~telephone-line-lhs~ and ~telephone-line-rhs~ variables. Example configuration demonstrating the format can be found in [[./examples.org]], and available segments are in [[./telephone-line-segments.el]]. You can also make your own!
Separators are chosen by configuring ~telephone-line-primary-left-separator~, ~telephone-line-primary-right-separator~, ~telephone-line-secondary-left-separator~, and ~telephone-line-secondary-right-separator~. Available separators are in [[./telephone-line-separators.el]]. You can also make your own!
You can force the height of the mode-line by setting ~telephone-line-height~.
If you want to further information on configuration or creating your own segments/separators, continue on to [[./configuration.org]]!