vimrc: Use additional syntax groups of my color scheme.

[config/dotfiles.git] / vimrc

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 623b60fd837d51ecf7f285f80c6e8ab9af193099..8187c3bc61d491ecabbec62d8fbfe18b030388b4 100644 (file)
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ if has('autocmd')
 endif
 
 
+" HELPER FUNCTIONS
+
+" Check if the given syntax group is available. Thanks to bairui in #vim on
+" Freenode (2012-02-19 01:15 CET) for the try/catch silent highlight idea.
+if has('eval')
+    function! s:HasSyntaxGroup(group)
+        try
+            execute 'silent highlight ' . a:group
+        " \a = [A-Za-z]
+        catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E411/ " 'highlight group not found'
+            return 0
+        endtry
+        return 1
+    endfunction
+endif
+
+
 " EDIT SETTINGS
 
 " Enable automatic file detection, plugin and indention support.
@@ -148,7 +165,7 @@ if has('folding')
                      " folding which is not what I want
 endif
 
-" Only check for case if the searched word contains a capital character.
+" Only check case if the searched word contains a capital character.
 set ignorecase
 set smartcase
 
@@ -162,7 +179,8 @@ if exists('+spell') && has('syntax')
 endif
 
 " Allow buffers with changes to be hidden. Very important for effective
-" editing with multiple buffers.
+" editing with multiple buffers. Prevents the "E37: No write since last change
+" (add ! to override)" warning.
 set hidden
 
 
@@ -172,9 +190,14 @@ set hidden
 " colors for a dark terminal.
 set background=dark
 
+" Use my color scheme if 256 colors are available.
+if &t_Co == 256
+    colorscheme simon
+endif
+
 " Display line numbers.
 set number
-" But use as little space as necessary for the numbers column. Thanks to James
+" But use as little space as possible for the numbers column. Thanks to James
 " Vega (http://git.jamessan.com/?p=etc/vim.git;a=summary).
 if exists('+numberwidth')
     set numberwidth=1
@@ -327,6 +350,7 @@ endif
 
 " Write before suspending, thanks to deryni in #vim on Freenode (2011-05-09
 " 20:02 CEST). To suspend without saving either unmap this or use :stop<CR>.
+" Only the current buffer is written.
 nnoremap <silent> <C-Z> :update<CR>:stop<CR>
 
 " 2<C-G> gives more verbose information, use it by default. Thanks to NCS_One
@@ -519,9 +543,15 @@ if has('syntax')
 " Highlight lines longer than 78 characters. Thanks to Tony Mechelynck
 " <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> from the Vim mailing list. It can easily be
 " disabled when necessary with :2match (in Vim >= 700).
-        if exists(':2match')
-            2match Todo /\%>78v./
-        else
+        if !&diff && exists(':2match')
+            " Use ColorColumn for overlong lines if available and my color
+            " scheme is used.
+            if &t_Co == 256 && <SID>HasSyntaxGroup('ColorColumn')
+                2match ColorColumn /\%>78v./
+            else
+                2match Todo /\%>78v./
+            endif
+        elseif !&diff
             match Todo /\%>78v./
         endif
 
@@ -545,6 +575,11 @@ if has('syntax')
             execute '  for l:x in l:spaces'
                   \ '|     call matchadd("Error", "\\%u" . l:x)'
                   \ '| endfor'
+
+" Reduce visibility of tabs in contrast to normal SpecialKeys.
+            if &t_Co == 256 && <SID>HasSyntaxGroup('specialKeyTab')
+                call matchadd('specialKeyTab', '\t')
+            endif
         endif
     endfunction
 " Enable highlights for the current and all new windows. Thanks to bairui in