VIM .vimrc settings

vimrc.txt

" Enable pathogen
execute pathogen#infect()

" Custom VIM Config
" " SRC: https://github.com/mcgheee/MyDotFiles/blob/master/.vimrc

" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax on

" Enable filetype plugins
filetype plugin indent on

" Sets how many lines of history VIM has to remember
set history=500

" Set to auto read when a file is changed from the outside
set autoread

" With a map leader it's possible to do extra key combinations
" like <leader>w saves the current file
let mapleader = ","
let g:mapleader = ","

" Fast saving
nmap <leader>w :w!<cr>

" :W sudo saves the file
" (useful for handling the permission-denied error)
command W w !sudo tee % > /dev/null

" Configure backspace so it acts as it should act
set backspace=eol,start,indent
set whichwrap+=<,>,h

" In many terminal emulators the mouse works just fine, thus enable it.
if has('mouse')
  set mouse=a
endif

" Ignore case when searching
set ignorecase

" When searching try to be smart about cases
set smartcase

" Highlight search results
set hlsearch

" Makes search act like search in modern browsers
set incsearch

" For regular expressions turn magic on
set magic

" Show matching brackets when text indicator is over them
set showmatch

" How many tenths of a second to blink when matching brackets
set mat=2

" Use spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab

" Be smart when using tabs ;)
set smarttab

" 1 tab == 4 spaces
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2

" Linebreak on 500 characters
" set lbr
" set tw=500
" set ai "Auto indent
" set si "Smart indent
" set wrap "Wrap lines

" Return to last edit position when opening files (You want this!)
autocmd BufReadPost *
     \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
     \   exe "normal! g`\"" |
     \ endif

" Remember info about open buffers on close
set viminfo^=%

" Always show the status line
set laststatus=2

" Pressing ,ss will toggle and untoggle spell checking
map <leader>ss :setlocal spell!<cr>
set statusline=%F%h%m%r%w%=\Column:\ %3c\ -\ \Line:\ %l/%-5L

" Enable ruler
set ruler

" Enable Line Numbers
set number