" 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).
" 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 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 && has('syntax') && !&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
" 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.
+" Make last active window the only window. Similar to <C-w> o.
+nnoremap <C-w>O <C-w>p<C-w>o
+
+" 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>
" 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
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>
+" if pressed accidentally while in insert mode (happens on Mac when alt
+" 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.
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 || (v:version == 701 && has('patch42'))
+ call matchadd('Todo', '\(TODO\|FIXME\|CHANGED\|XXX\)')
+ endif
endif
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
+" 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 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 buffer.
+ 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