vimrc: Whitespace only change.

[config/dotfiles.git] / vimrc

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 95318fec57a3b4afa93f880a4193cf6b214a729d..48116afca437a22d5092263c9405a6e7c0d439c0 100644 (file)
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 " EDITOR SETTINGS
 
-" Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are enabled.
+" Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are used.
 set nocompatible
 
-" Load my scripts from ~/.vim (my scripts), ~/.vim/plugins (plugins) and
-" ~/.vim/runtime (checkout of Vim runtime files).
+" Load my scripts from ~/.vim (my scripts) and ~/.vim/runtime (checkout of Vim
+" runtime files).
 set runtimepath-=~/.vim
-set runtimepath^=~/.vim,~/.vim/plugins,~/.vim/runtime
+set runtimepath^=~/.vim,~/.vim/runtime
 
 " Disable modelines as they may cause security problems. Instead use
 " securemodelines (Vim script #1876).
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ set nomodeline
 " possible files.
 set wildmode=longest,list
 
-" Increase number of tabs which can be opened with the -p option.
-if v:version >= 700
-    set tabpagemax=50
-endif
-
 
 " EDIT SETTINGS
 
-" Enable automatic file detection, plugin and indention.
+" Enable automatic file detection, plugin and indention support.
 if has('autocmd')
     filetype plugin indent on
 endif
@@ -43,7 +38,7 @@ 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
@@ -84,22 +79,25 @@ endif
 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 && !&diff
     set spell
     set spelllang=en_us
 endif
 
-" Allow buffers with changes to be hidden.
+" 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
@@ -114,7 +112,10 @@ endif
 " Display tabs, trailing space, non breakable spaces and long lines (when
 " wrapping is enabled).
 set list
-set listchars=trail:-,nbsp:!,extends:>
+set listchars=trail:-,extends:>
+if v:version >= 700
+    set listchars+=nbsp:!
+endif
 
 
 " MAPPINGS (except for plugins, see PLUGIN SETTINGS below)
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ nnoremap <Leader>8 :8b<CR>
 nnoremap <Leader>9 :9b<CR>
 nnoremap <Leader>0 :10b<CR>
 
-" Maps to change spell language between English and German and disable it.
+" 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>
@@ -175,9 +177,10 @@ 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).
-if has('mac')
-    imap <Char-0xa0> <Space>
+" 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.
@@ -192,13 +195,19 @@ endif
 if has('syntax')
     syntax enable
 
-" Highlight text longer then 78 characters. Thanks to Tony Mechelynck
+" 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 && has('patch40')
+        call matchadd('Todo', '\(TODO\|FIXME\|CHANGED\|XXX\)')
+    endif
 endif
 
 
@@ -221,6 +230,40 @@ 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
+
+" 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 as the diff created by `git commit -v` may contain
+" one which could change the filetype or other settings of the commit window.
+        autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal nomodeline |
+                                 \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = []
+" 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