Basic vim setup ~/.vim/vimrc

vimdc

set nocompatible


" General settings
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
set autoread                            " Automatically reload changed files
set autowrite                           " Automatically save before :next, :make etc.
set backspace=indent,eol,start          " backspace from this line to the previous one
set encoding=utf-8                      " UTF-8 is good…
set formatoptions+=j                    " Delete comment character when joining commented lines
set hidden                              " Buffer switching without saving
set hlsearch                            " Highlight search terms
set laststatus=2                        " Always display the status bar
set linebreak                           " Wrap long lines at a character in 'breakat'
set noerrorbells                        " No beeps
set novisualbell                        " No flashes
set number                              " Display line numbers
set ruler                               " Display line and column
set shortmess+=I                        " Disable splash text
set showcmd
set ignorecase                          " Case insensitive search
set smartcase                           " Case sensitive when an upper case letter is present
set splitbelow                          " Split horizontal windows below to the current windows
set splitright                          " Split vertical windows right to the current windows
set t_Co=256                            " 256 colours
set t_vb=                               " No flashes!
if (has("termguicolors"))
 set termguicolors                      " vim 8 colours
endif
set timeoutlen=1200                     " Timeout for <leader>
set title                               " Change the terminal's title
set titleold=
set titlestring=Vim:\ %F
set undolevels=1000                     " Many levels of undo
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l,[,]              " Allow cursor to move to next line
set scrolloff=5                         " Not quite the bottom or the top
set backupdir=~/.vim-backup             " Directory for backup files when saving
set directory=~/.vim-backup             " Directory for swap files


" Indentation
set autoindent
set expandtab                           " Tabs are spaces, not tabs
set shiftround                          " Use multiple of shiftwidth when indenting with '<' and '>'
set shiftwidth=4                        " Use indents of 4 spaces
set smartindent                         " Smart intent if filetype doesn't do it better
set smarttab                            " Tab to the right place
set softtabstop=4                       " Number of spaces that a <tab> counts for
set tabstop=4                           " An indentation every four columns