" 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
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
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
" 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
+
+" 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)
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>
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
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
\ 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
" 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