My .vimrc

.vimrc

" 'nocompatible' is the default for user .vimrcs. Consider setting it for a shared file. https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html#compatible-default
"set nocompatible

" Auto-indentation on for known file types.
if has('filetype')
  filetype indent plugin on
endif

" Syntax highlighting
if has('syntax')
  syntax on
endif

" If not using tabs, 'hidden' can be set so that when an editor tab is abandoned, it's 'hidden' instead of unloaded,
" keeping history even after closing VIm.
" https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#'hidden'
"set hidden

" Tab completion for VIm commands. Try ':help wildmenu'.
set wildmenu

" Show partial commands in the last line of the screen
set showcmd

" Highlight searches. Use <C-L> to temporarily turn off highlighting; see the mapping of <C-L> below)
set hlsearch

" Use case insensitive search, except when using capital letters
set ignorecase
set smartcase

" Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and start of insert action
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" When adding a line, make that line's indentation similar to the current one
set autoindent

" Display the cursor position on the last line of the screen or in the status line of a window
set ruler

" Always display the status line, even if only one window is displayed
set laststatus=2

" Instead of failing a command because of unsaved changes, ask to save
set confirm

" Flash instead of beep when doing something VIm doesn't expect.
set visualbell

" Set the visual bell to not do anything.
set t_vb=

" Enable use of the mouse for all modes
"if has('mouse')
"  set mouse=a
"endif

" Set the command window height to 2 lines, to avoid many cases of having to press <Enter> to continue
set cmdheight=2

" Display line numbers on the left
set number

" Quickly time out on keycodes, but never time out on mappings
set notimeout ttimeout ttimeoutlen=200

" Use <F11> to toggle between 'paste' and 'nopaste'
set pastetoggle=<F11>


" Indentation settings for using spaces instead of tabs.
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set expandtab

" If using tab characters, display 2 wide.
"set shiftwidth=2
"set tabstop=2


" Have Y yank to end-of-line instead of yanking the whole line.
map Y y$

" Map <C-L> (redraw screen) to also turn off search highlighting until the next search
nnoremap <C-L> :nohl<CR><C-L>