" Activate spell checking, use English as default. Don't use spell checking
" when diffing.
-if v:version >= 700 && !&diff
+if v:version >= 700 && has('syntax') && !&diff
set spell
set spelllang=en_us
endif
" 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> ; :call setline(line('.'), getline('.') . ';')<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>; :call setline(line('.'), getline('.') . ';')<CR>
" I often type "W" instead of "w" when trying to save a file. Fix my mistake.
" 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
" 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.
" 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 as the diff created by `git commit -v` may contain
-" one which could change the filetype or other settings of the commit window.
+" 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 = []
+ \ 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.
+" Use the same comment string as for Vim files in Vimperator files.
autocmd FileType vimperator setlocal commentstring=\"%s
" FTDETECT AUTO COMMANDS