quickstart vimrc file

.vimrc

" put in ~/.vimrc

" {{{ general config
set nocompatible  " vim Improved
set t_Co=256      " 256 colors
set ruler         " show line and column in status bar
set showcmd       " show the current command you're typing
" }}}

" {{{ look and feel
set showmatch   " show corresponding bracket
set number      " show line number
syntax on       " syntax color
set hlsearch    ? highlight search
set ignorecase
set smartcase   " ignorecase + smartcase to search with no sensitive case if all is lower
set scrolloff=5 " keep 5 line above/below the cursor
set cursorline  " different color for the current line
" }}} 

" {{{ About tabulations
set noexpandtab
set softtabstop
set shiftwidth
set tabstop 
" }}}

 

" # some shortcuts example (see :help macro ) 

" ## use tabs to open multiple files
nmap <C-t> :tabnew<CR>
imap <C-t> <Esc>:tabnew<CR>
nmap <Tab> gt<CR> " nextab
nmap <S-Tab> gT<CR> " previoustab



" ## automatically add the closing brackets/parenthesis/quote/...
inoremap ( ()<left>
inoremap [ []<left>
inoremap { {}<left>
inoremap < <><left>

inoremap ' ''<left>
inoremap " ""<left>

" # some plugins
" see https://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim for installation instruction
" if has('vim_starting')
"   set runtimepath+=~/.vim/bundle/neobundle.vim/
" endif
" call neobundle#begin(expand('~/.vim/bundle/'));
" Neobundle 'Shougo/neobundle.vim'
" NeoBundle 'tomtom/quickfixsigns_vim'