vimrc: Always display the statusline.

[config/dotfiles.git] / vimrc

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 1dfdbfcbd292a9df31521e3dacaaeb2ab30fd51a..d8ed984233f9de16aaf0887b812b588e88cca3ba 100644 (file)
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set wildmode=longest,list
 
 " 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
@@ -86,14 +86,15 @@ if v:version >= 700 && !&diff
     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. Doesn't change the background color, only sets colors
-" for a dark terminal.
+" Use a dark background. Doesn't change the background color, only sets text
+" colors for a dark terminal.
 set background=dark
 
 " Display line numbers.
@@ -116,6 +117,11 @@ 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
+
 
 " MAPPINGS (except for plugins, see PLUGIN SETTINGS below)
 
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ endif
 if has('syntax')
     syntax enable
 
-" Highlight text longer than 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
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ if has('syntax')
     endif
 
 " Highlight TODO, FIXME, CHANGED and XXX in all documents.
-    if v:version >= 701 && has('patch40')
+    if v:version > 701 || (v:version == 701 && has('patch42'))
         call matchadd('Todo', '\(TODO\|FIXME\|CHANGED\|XXX\)')
     endif
 endif
@@ -234,13 +240,15 @@ if has('autocmd')
             \ 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
 
 " AFTER/FTPLUGIN AUTO COMMANDS
 
 " Disable spell checking for files which don't need it.
-        autocmd FileType deb setlocal nospell
+        autocmd FileType deb  setlocal nospell
         autocmd FileType diff setlocal nospell
-        autocmd FileType tar 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
@@ -256,7 +264,7 @@ if has('autocmd')
 
 " FTDETECT AUTO COMMANDS
 
-" Recognize .md as markdown files.
+" 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