" Vim main configuration file.
+" EDITOR SETTINGS
+
" Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are enabled.
set nocompatible
+" Load my scripts from ~/.vim (my scripts), ~/.vim/plugins (plugins) and
+" ~/.vim/runtime (checkout of Vim runtime files).
+set runtimepath-=~/.vim
+set runtimepath^=~/.vim,~/.vim/plugins,~/.vim/runtime
+
+" When completing paths first use the longest path then display a list of all
+" 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.
-filetype plugin indent on
+if has("autocmd")
+ filetype plugin indent on
+endif
" Use UTF-8 file encoding for all files.
set fileencodings=utf-8
" Enable auto indention.
set autoindent
+" When joining lines only add one space after a sentence.
+set nojoinspaces
+
+" 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).
+set formatoptions+=ro
+" Don't break a line if was already longer then 'textwidth' when insert mode
+" 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.
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.
-set spell
-set spelllang=en_us
+if v:version >= 700
+ set spell
+ set spelllang=en_us
+endif
+
+" Allow buffers with changes to be hidden.
+set hidden
+" DISPLAY SETTINGS
+
" Use a dark background.
set background=dark
set showcmd
" Visualize the line the cursor is currently in.
-set cursorline
+if v:version >= 700
+ set cursorline
+endif
" Display tabs as "^I" and trailing space as "-".
set list
set listchars=trail:-
-" When joining lines only add one space after a sentence.
-set nojoinspaces
+" MAPPINGS (except for plugins, see PLUGIN SETTINGS below)
-" Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and insert mode starts.
-set backspace=indent,eol,start
+" Use <space> to move down a page and - to move up one like in mutt.
+nnoremap <Space> <C-f>
+nnoremap - <C-b>
-" Start a comment when hitting enter after a commented line (r) and when using
-" o or O around a commented line (o).
-set formatoptions+=ro
-" Don't break a line if was already longer then 'textwidth' when insert mode
-" started.
-set formatoptions+=l
+" Maps to change spell language between English and German and disable it.
+map <Leader>sn :set nospell<CR>
+map <Leader>se :set spell spelllang=en_us<CR>
+map <Leader>sd :set spell 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
+" for an improved version which doesn't clobber any marks.
+nnoremap <silent> ; :call setline(line('.'), getline('.') . ';')<CR>
-" Don't use any modelines.
-set nomodeline
+" 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 Wq wq
+ cnoreabbrev Wqa wqa
+else
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> W
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 2) ? 'w' : 'W')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Wq
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 3) ? 'wq' : 'Wq')
+ cnoreabbrev <expr> Wqa
+ \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 4) ? 'wqa' : 'Wqa')
+endif
+" Also fix my typo with "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 sometimes).
+if has("mac")
+ imap <Char-0xa0> <Space>
+endif
-" When completing paths first use the longest path then display a list of all
-" possible files.
-set wildmode=longest,list
+" Disable Apple style movements in MacVim.
+if has("gui_macvim") && has("eval")
+ let macvim_skip_cmd_opt_movement = 1
+endif
+" SYNTAX SETTINGS
-" Use "," as my mapleader.
-let mapleader = ","
-let maplocalleader = ","
+" Activate syntax coloring.
+if has("syntax")
+ syntax enable
+
+" Highlight text longer then 78 characters. Thanks to Tony Mechelynck
+" <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> from the Vim mailing list.
+ if v:version >= 700
+ 2match Todo /\%>78v./
+ else
+ match Todo /\%>78v./
+ endif
+endif
+
+
+" PLUGIN SETTINGS
" Settings for the NERD commenter.
" Don't create any mappings I don't want to use.
-let NERDCreateDefaultMappings=0
+if has("eval")
+ let NERDCreateDefaultMappings = 0
+endif
" Map toggle comment.
map <Leader><Leader> <plug>NERDCommenterToggle
-" 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>
-" I often type "W" instead of "w" when trying to save a file. Fix my mistake.
-cmap W w
-cmap Wq wq
-" Also fix my typo with "Q".
-cmap Q q
+" AUTO COMMANDS
+" Use a custom auto group to prevent problems when the vimrc files is sourced
+" twice.
+if has("autocmd")
+ augroup vimrc
+ autocmd!
-" Disable Apple style movements in MacVim.
-if has("gui_macvim")
- let macvim_skip_cmd_opt_movement = 1
-endif
+" Use diff filetype for mercurial patches in patch queue.
+ autocmd BufReadPost */.hg/patches/* set filetype=diff
-
-" Activate syntax coloring.
-syntax enable
-
-
-" Automatically save and the load the file state (stored in ~/.vim/view).
-autocmd BufWrite * mkview
-autocmd BufRead * loadview
+ augroup END
+endif