" Vim main configuration file.
-" Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are enabled.
+" EDITOR SETTINGS
+
+" Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are used.
set nocompatible
+" Load my scripts from ~/.vim (my scripts) and ~/.vim/runtime (checkout of Vim
+" runtime files).
+set runtimepath-=~/.vim
+set runtimepath^=~/.vim,~/.vim/runtime
+
+" Disable modelines as they may cause security problems. Instead use
+" securemodelines (Vim script #1876).
+set nomodeline
+
+" When completing paths first use the longest path then display a list of all
+" possible files.
+set wildmode=longest,list
+
" EDIT SETTINGS
-" Enable automatic file detection, plugin and indention.
-filetype plugin indent on
+" Enable automatic file detection, plugin and indention support.
+if has('autocmd')
+ filetype plugin indent on
+endif
-" Use UTF-8 file encoding for all files.
-set fileencodings=utf-8
+" Use UTF-8 file encoding for all files. Automatically recognize latin1 in
+" existing files.
+set fileencodings=utf-8,latin1
" Wrap text after 78 characters.
set textwidth=78
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
-" When < and > is used indent/deindent to the next shiftwidth boundary.
+" When < and > is used indent/deindent to the next 'shiftwidth' boundary.
set shiftround
" Use the default value for real tabs.
set tabstop=8
" When joining lines only add one space after a sentence.
set nojoinspaces
-" Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and insert mode starts.
-set backspace=indent,eol,start
+" Allow backspacing over autoindent and line breaks.
+set backspace=indent,eol
" Start a comment when hitting enter after a commented line (r) and when using
" o or O around a commented line (o).
" started.
set formatoptions+=l
+" Allow virtual editing (cursor can be positioned anywhere, even when there is
+" no character) in visual block mode.
+set virtualedit=block
+
" Already display matches while typing the search command. This makes spotting
-" errors easily.
+" errors easy.
set incsearch
" Activate syntax folding.
-set foldmethod=syntax
-set foldcolumn=2
-set foldlevel=99 " no folding at default
+if has('folding')
+ set foldmethod=syntax
+ set foldcolumn=2
+ set foldlevel=99 " no closed folds at default, 'foldenable' would disable
+ " folding which is not what I want
+endif
" Only check for case if the searched word contains a capital character.
set ignorecase
set smartcase
-" Activate spell checking, use English as default.
-if v:version >= 700
+" Activate spell checking, use English as default. Don't use spell checking
+" when diffing.
+if v:version >= 700 && has('syntax') && !&diff
set spell
set spelllang=en_us
endif
+" Allow buffers with changes to be hidden. Very important for effective
+" editing with multiple buffers.
+set hidden
+
" DISPLAY SETTINGS
-" Use a dark background.
+" Use a dark background. Doesn't change the background color, only sets text
+" colors for a dark terminal.
set background=dark
-" Activate lines display.
+" Display line numbers.
set number
" Display the ruler with current line/file position.
set ruler
set cursorline
endif
-" Display tabs as "^I" and trailing space as "-".
+" Display tabs, trailing space, non breakable spaces and long lines (when
+" wrapping is enabled).
set list
-set listchars=trail:-
+set listchars=trail:-,extends:>
+if v:version >= 700
+ set listchars+=nbsp:!
+endif
+" Always display the status line even if there is only one window.
+if has('statusline')
+ set laststatus=2
+endif
-" EDITOR SETTINGS
-" Don't use any modelines.
-set nomodeline
+" MAPPINGS (except for plugins, see PLUGIN SETTINGS below)
-" When completing paths first use the longest path then display a list of all
-" possible files.
-set wildmode=longest,list
+" Use <space> to move down a page and - to move up one like in mutt.
+nnoremap <Space> <C-f>
+nnoremap - <C-b>
+" Fast access to buffers.
+nnoremap <Leader>1 :1b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>2 :2b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>3 :3b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>4 :4b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>5 :5b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>6 :6b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>7 :7b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>8 :8b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>9 :9b<CR>
+nnoremap <Leader>0 :10b<CR>
-" MAPPINGS
+" Make last active window the only window. Similar to <C-w> o.
+nnoremap <C-w>O <C-w>p<C-w>o
-" Use "," as my mapleader.
-let mapleader = ","
-let maplocalleader = ","
-
-" Settings for the NERD commenter.
-" Don't create any mappings I don't want to use.
-let NERDCreateDefaultMappings=0
-" Map toggle comment.
-map <Leader><Leader> <plug>NERDCommenterToggle
+" Maps to change spell language between English and German and disable spell
+" checking.
+if v:version >= 700
+ map <Leader>sn :set nospell<CR>
+ map <Leader>se :set spell spelllang=en_us<CR>
+ map <Leader>sd :set spell spelllang=de_de<CR>
+endif
-" Maps to change spell language between English and German.
-map <Leader>se :set spelllang=en_us<CR>
-map <Leader>sd :set spelllang=de_de<CR>
+" Add semicolon to the end of the line. Thanks to
+" http://www.van-laarhoven.org/vim/.vimrc for this idea and godlygeek in #vim
+" on Freenode for an improved version which doesn't clobber any marks.
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>; :call setline(line('.'), getline('.') . ';')<CR>
" I often type "W" instead of "w" when trying to save a file. Fix my mistake.
-cmap W w
-cmap Wq wq
+" Thanks to Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> from the Vim
+" mailing list for the commands.
+if v:version < 700
+ cnoreabbrev W w
+ cnoreabbrev Wa wa
+ cnoreabbrev Wq wq
+ cnoreabbrev Wqa wqa
+else
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> W
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 2) ? 'w' : 'W')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Wa
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 3) ? 'wa' : 'Wa')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Wq
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 3) ? 'wq' : 'Wq')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Wqa
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 4) ? 'wqa' : 'Wqa')
+endif
" Also fix my typo with "Q".
-cmap Q q
+if v:version < 700
+ cnoreabbrev Q q
+ cnoreabbrev Qa qa
+else
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Q
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 2) ? 'q' : 'Q')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Qa
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 3) ? 'qa' : 'Qa')
+endif
+
+" Make sure xa0 (alt + space) is automatically changed to a normal whitespace
+" if pressed accidentally while in insert mode (happens on Mac when alt
+" doesn't send escape). filereadable() is necessary for Leopard were 'mac' is
+" no longer set on the console.
+if has('mac') || filereadable('/Users/.localized')
+ inoremap <Char-0xa0> <Space>
+endif
" Disable Apple style movements in MacVim.
-if has("gui_macvim")
+if has('gui_macvim') && has('eval')
let macvim_skip_cmd_opt_movement = 1
endif
" SYNTAX SETTINGS
" Activate syntax coloring.
-syntax enable
+if has('syntax')
+ syntax enable
+
+" Highlight lines longer than 78 characters. Thanks to Tony Mechelynck
+" <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> from the Vim mailing list.
+" It can easily be disabled if necessary with :2match (in Vim >= 700).
+ if v:version >= 700
+ 2match Todo /\%>78v./
+ else
+ match Todo /\%>78v./
+ endif
+
+" Highlight TODO, FIXME, CHANGED and XXX in all documents.
+ if v:version > 701 || (v:version == 701 && has('patch42'))
+ call matchadd('Todo', '\(TODO\|FIXME\|CHANGED\|XXX\)')
+ endif
+endif
+
+
+" PLUGIN SETTINGS
+
+" Settings for the NERD commenter.
+" Don't create any mappings I don't want to use.
+if has('eval')
+ let NERDCreateDefaultMappings = 0
+endif
+" Map toggle comment.
+map <Leader><Leader> <plug>NERDCommenterToggle
-" Automatically save and the load the file state (stored in ~/.vim/view).
-autocmd BufWrite * mkview
-autocmd BufRead * loadview
+" AUTO COMMANDS
+
+" Use a custom auto group to prevent problems when the vimrc files is sourced
+" twice.
+if has('autocmd')
+ augroup vimrc
+ autocmd!
+
+" Go to last position of opened files. Taken from :help last-position-jump.
+ autocmd BufReadPost *
+ \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
+ \ execute "normal! g'\"" |
+ \ endif
+" But not for Git commits, go to beginning of the file.
+ autocmd BufReadPost COMMIT_EDITMSG normal! gg
+
+" Make sure 'list' and 'number' is disabled in help files. This is necessary
+" when switching to a help buffer which is in the background with :buffer as
+" these options are local to windows (and not only to buffers). This happens
+" because I often want to use only one window and thus the help buffer is in
+" the background.
+ autocmd BufWinEnter *.txt
+ \ if &filetype == 'help' |
+ \ setlocal nolist |
+ \ setlocal nonumber |
+ \ endif
+
+" AFTER/FTPLUGIN AUTO COMMANDS
+
+" Disable spell checking for files which don't need it.
+ autocmd FileType deb setlocal nospell
+ autocmd FileType diff setlocal nospell
+ autocmd FileType tar setlocal nospell
+" Fix to allow Vim edit crontab files as crontab doesn't work with
+" backupcopy=auto.
+ autocmd FileType crontab setlocal backupcopy=yes
+" Don't use the modeline in git commits as the diff created by `git commit -v`
+" may contain one which could change the filetype or other settings of the
+" commit buffer. Also make sure we use only 72 characters per line which is
+" the recommendation for git commit messages (http://tpope.net/node/106).
+ autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal nomodeline |
+ \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = [] |
+ \ setlocal textwidth=72
+" Allow folding in perl.
+ autocmd FileType perl let perl_fold = 1 |
+ \ let perl_fold_blocks = 1
+" Use the same comment string as for Vim files in Vimperator files.
+ autocmd FileType vimperator setlocal commentstring=\"%s
+
+" FTDETECT AUTO COMMANDS
+
+" Recognize .md as markdown files (Vim default is .mkd).
+ autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.md set filetype=mkd
+" Recognize .test as Tcl files.
+ autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.test set filetype=tcl
+
+" OTHER AUTO COMMANDS
+
+" Use diff filetype for mercurial patches in patch queue.
+ autocmd BufReadPost */.hg/patches/* set filetype=diff
+
+ augroup END
+endif