How do you insert static strings into powerline segments?

[Daniel Corbe]

I have no idea why this isn't working:

{
  "segment_data": {
    "string": {
      "name": "foo",
      "contents": "bar"
    }
  },
  "segments": {
    "left": [
      {
        "string": "foo"
      }
    ]
  }
}

[Philip Wellnitz]

{
 "type": "string",
 "name": "foo",
 "contents": "bar",
 "highlight_groups": [ "group1", "group2" ]
},

Such a segment should then be placed in the "left" or "right" arrays in your config:

{
 "segments": {
   "left": [
   {
   "type": "string",
   "name": "foo",
   "contents": "bar",
   "highlight_groups": [ "group1", "group2" ]
  }
   ]
 }
}

[Daniel Corbe]

If the string is part of a highlight group, I end up with powerline's styling, including unwanted extra spacing. All I want is plain text. Is there a way to achieve that?

@PH111P

[Philip Wellnitz]

Sorry for the late response, I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. Do you want a segment with a string as content that additionally has no space around the string? Take a look at the segment options draw_inner_divider and draw_soft_divider. These are general options for segments—In any case you have to specify highlight groups for a segment.

[Connor King]

^ typo'd issue number; ignore this