1 " Vim main configuration file.
4 " Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are enabled.
7 " Enable automatic filedection, plugin and indention load.
8 filetype plugin indent on
10 " Use utf-8 file encoding for all files.
11 set fileencodings=utf-8
13 " Wrap text after 78 characters.
16 " Set tabs to 4 spaces, use softtabs.
20 " When < and > is used indent/deindent to the next shiftwidth boundary.
22 " Use the default value for real tabs.
25 " Enable auto indention.
28 " Activate lines display.
30 " Display the ruler with current line/file position.
32 " Display partial commands in the status line.
35 " Display tabs as "^I" and trailing space as "-".
39 " Already display matches while typing the search command. This makes spotting
43 " Activate syntax folding.
46 set foldlevel=99 " no folding at default
48 " Use smartcase mode when searching; only check for case if the searched word
49 " contains a capital character.
53 " Activate spell checking, use English as default.
57 " When joining lines only add one space after a sentence.
60 " Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and insert mode starts.
61 set backspace=indent,eol,start
63 " Start a comment when hitting enter after a commented line (r) and when using
64 " o or O around a commented line (o).
66 " Don't break a line if was already longer then 'textwidth' when insert mode
71 " Don't use any modelines.
75 " When completing paths first use the longest path then display a list of all
77 set wildmode=longest,list
79 " Visualize the line the cursor is currently in.
82 " Use a dark background.
86 " Use "," as my mapleader.
88 let maplocalleader = ","
90 " Settings for the NERD commenter.
91 " Don't create any mappings I don't want to use.
92 let NERDCreateDefaultMappings=0
94 map <Leader><Leader> <plug>NERDCommenterToggle
96 " Maps to change spell language between English and German.
97 map <Leader>se :set spelllang=en_us<CR>
98 map <Leader>sd :set spelllang=de_de<CR>
101 " I often type "W" instead of "w" when trying to save a file. Fix my mistake.
104 " Also fix my typo with "Q".
108 " Disable Apple style movements in MacVim.
110 let macvim_skip_cmd_opt_movement = 1
114 " Activate syntax coloring.
118 " Automatically save and the load the file state (stored in ~/.vim/view).
119 autocmd BufWrite * mkview
120 autocmd BufRead * loadview