powerline_iconcwd

A drop in replacement for the stock cwd segment in powerline, which allows for specifying icons for paths/folders. To add an icon for a path, simply create a hidden file .powerline_icon containing the desired glyphs at that path.

Installation

The segment can be installed with pip:

pip install git+https://github.com/pronobis/powerline_iconcwd.git

It uses an additional custom highlight group cwd:icon. This group must be defined in .config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json. A custom color can be defined in .config/powerline/colors.json.

For example, to get the result shown in the screenshot, add to .config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json:

{
  "groups": {
    "cwd:icon": { "fg": "white", "bg": "iconcwd", "attrs": [] }
  }
}

and to .config/powerline/colors.json:

{
  "colors": {
    "iconcwd": 96
  }
}

The segment uses default icons for the home and root folders (if .powerline_icon is not found). To override those, add the following to your default top theme:

{
  "segment_data": {
    "powerline_iconcwd.cwd": {
      "args": {
        "root_icon": "",
        "home_icon": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

License

Licensed under the MIT License.