In VIM, how can I have a permenant status line showing me the name of the current file I'm editing?

Question

I keep on forgetting which file I'm editing.

In Vim 7.x, how can I have a permenant status bar at the bototm (like what's displayed when I press Ctrl-g) showing the current file name I'm eidintg?

Thanks!

Answer 1

From the manual, you're really just wanting:

set laststatus=2
set statusline=%f "tail of the filename

As an aside: if you're wanting a status line with a ton more information be sure to check out this link. It'll give you something a bit more fancier like so:-