Recommended vim version: 8.0

Installing the submodules

git submodule update --init --recursive

Updating all submodules in one go

git submodule update --remote --merge

Installing fonts

Go to https://github.com/powerline/fonts and install the fonts you want on to your system. This will ensure that special characters used for the Powerline statusline plugin will look as they should.

Special Module information

Tagbar

Requires excuberant ctags: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/