Lightline only working after PlugInstall despite being installed

[JohnstonLiu]

Lightline will not work on launch. However, when I call :PlugInstall and :q out of the new window I will have lightline working in my old window. This is my vimrc.

if has('gui_running')
    set guifont=Cascadia_Mono:h11
endif

call plug#begin('c:\Program Files\Vim\Plugins')

Plug 'itchyny/lightline.vim'
Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox'

call plug#end()

" Editor settings
set encoding=utf-8
set relativenumber " Show's relative line numbers
set number         " Show's current line
set signcolumn=no
syntax on
set hidden
set belloff=all
set guicursor=a:blinkon0
colorscheme gruvbox 
set noshowmode
set laststatus=2

" Tabs
set tabstop=4     " Tab characters appear n-spaces-wide
set shiftwidth=4  " The size of an indent
set expandtab

" Lightline

let g:lightline = {
      \ 'colorscheme': 'gruvbox',
      \ }

autocmd filetype cpp nnoremap <F1> :w <bar> exec '!g++ -std=c++14 ' .shellescape('%').' -o '.shellescape('%:r').' && 'shellescape('%:r')<CR>
nnoremap <F2> :%y+ <CR>

au GUIEnter * simalt ~x

[3719e04]

Would lightline work if you remove this line?

au GUIEnter * simalt ~x

It's most likely related to https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim/blob/53176a0b75d6389d775d7bce0d494e58fc654f38/plugin/lightline.vim#L18

[JohnstonLiu]

Would lightline work if you remove this line?

au GUIEnter * simalt ~x

It's most likely related to https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim/blob/53176a0b75d6389d775d7bce0d494e58fc654f38/plugin/lightline.vim#L18

Just tried that didn't work.

[JohnstonLiu]

After testing I found that lightline is not automatically enabled for some reason. When I call lightline#init() it doesn't do anything but when I do call lightline#enable() lightline will then show. Regardless, why is it that lightline is not automatically enabled?

[itchyny]

Please describe your OS and Vim versions. Also try reinstalling the plugin after removing the directories. Possible reason is permission issues.

[JohnstonLiu]

Please describe your OS and Vim versions. Also try reinstalling the plugin after removing the directories. Possible reason is permission issues.

I'm on Windows 10 and on Vim version 8.2. I have tried reinstalling the plugin to no avail.

[itchyny]

Paste the output of :echo &statusline.

[JohnstonLiu]

Paste the output of :echo &statusline.

There is no output.

[itchyny]

Then :scriptnames.

[JohnstonLiu]

Then :scriptnames.

  1: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\defaults.vim
  2: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\syntax\syntax.vim
  3: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\syntax\synload.vim
  4: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\syntax\syncolor.vim
  5: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\filetype.vim
  6: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\menu.vim
  7: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\autoload\paste.vim
  8: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\ftplugin.vim
  9: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\indent.vim
 10: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\getscriptPlugin.vim
 11: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\gzip.vim
 12: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\logiPat.vim
 13: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\manpager.vim
 14: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\matchparen.vim
 15: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\netrwPlugin.vim
 16: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\rrhelper.vim
 17: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\spellfile.vim
 18: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\tarPlugin.vim
 19: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\tohtml.vim
 20: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\vimballPlugin.vim
 21: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\plugin\zipPlugin.vim
 22: ~\_gvimrc
 23: ~\vimfiles\autoload\plug.vim
 24: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\ftoff.vim
 25: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\syntax\nosyntax.vim
 26: c:\Program Files\Vim\Plugins\gruvbox\colors\gruvbox.vim

[3719e04]

Maybe it's related to https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/issues/540#issuecomment-258325522

In short

So if you have plug#end() in .gvimrc, &runtimepath is updated after step 4 and plugins will not be correctly loaded.

[JohnstonLiu]

Maybe it's related to junegunn/vim-plug#540 (comment)

In short

So if you have plug#end() in .gvimrc, &runtimepath is updated after step 4 and plugins will not be correctly loaded.

Yep thank you! I have to put vim plug configuration in my _vimrc instead of my _gvimrc. Sorry for the trouble!

[pavlo-hadzheha]

Hi, I have a similar problem. but :echo &statusline yields the following:

but nothing I see.

and :call lightline#enable() doesn't work.

I'm running Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) under Windows 10.

[itchyny]

@Paulario :echo &laststatus

[pavlo-hadzheha]

@Paulario :echo &laststatus

just number 15. I set laststatus=15 in my config file

and it works sometimes. One of the ways it appears is in the vim-plug window. Didn't see it anywhere else

I commented the line that sets laststatus=15 and lightline got back suprizingly. I just thought this would be your advice. But what is curious is that it worked in a couple of days before today justfine even with laststatus=15.

so what should I set laststatus to?

[itchyny]

@Paulario Please read :h laststatus.