December 2023: consider using https://github.com/Kody-Quintana/x11-border-color.nvim instead

bspwm vim mode indicator

Vim plugin to show what mode vim is in by changing bspwm's active border color.

Installation

Add Plugin 'Kody-Quintana/bspwm_border_color' to ~/.vimrc

and run :PluginInstall or appropriate equivalent for your plugin manager.

Enabling FocusGained event

Regular vim in a terminal doesn't support the FocusGained event by default. To enable it you will need a plugin. I personally use amerlyq/vim-focus-autocmd.

Defining custom colors

Custom colors can be used by defining g:bspwm_border_insert_color and g:bspwm_border_normal_color to a hex color (with no leading #)

let g:bspwm_border_normal_color = "00FF00"
let g:bspwm_border_insert_color = "FF0000"

Requirements

• chwb (from wmutils) - used to set color of window border
• A terminal that sets the $WINDOWID environment variable