Use pipe symbol as separator in statusline

Question

I wanted to make my own status line and I wonder how can I use a pipe as a separator? I want to achieve something like this:

NORMAL | file.html [html] | utf-8 | 80:10

Answer 1

To add a pipe, escape it with double \\|:

func! VimMode() abort
    let md = mode()
    if md == 'n'
        return 'NORMAL'
    elseif md == 'v'
        return 'VISUAL'
    else " check mode() help to define other mode names here
        return 'OTHER'
    endif
endfunc
set statusline=%{VimMode()}\ \|
set statusline+=\ %f
set statusline+=%<
set statusline+=%=
set statusline+=%y
set statusline+=\ \|\ %{&enc}
set statusline+=\ \|\ %c:%l