vimrc file

gistfile1.txt

" http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html

set nocompatible
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
filetype indent on

set number                       " turn on line numbering
set wrap!                        " turn off word wrapping
set smartindent                  " enable smart indent
set tabstop=2                    " set tab character
set expandtab                    " turn tabs into whitespace
set shiftwidth=2                 " indent width for autoindent
set ruler                        " show the cursor position

" turn on incremental search with ignore case
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase

" turn on utf-8 file encoding
set encoding=utf-8
set fileencoding=utf-8

" showing match pairs and display time
set showmatch
set mat=5

" show trailing spaces
set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:•

" highlights current line
set cursorline

" increase spacing between lines
set linespace=3

" colors
syntax enable
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized

" strip all trailing whitespace
nmap <leader>s :let _s=@/<Bar>:%s/\s\+$//e<Bar>:let @/=_s<Bar>:nohl<CR>
" show/hide nerdtree
nmap <leader>n :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
" show/hide bufexplorer
nmap <leader>b :BufExplorer<CR>
" :retab = convert tabs to spaces, \s = strip trailing whitespace, :w = save
nmap <leader>w :retab<CR>\s:w<CR>
" search files using ack, do not open first result
nmap <leader>a <Esc>:Ack!

" cycle through window
nmap <Tab> <C-w>w

" create windows
nmap <C-h> :split<CR>
nmap <C-v> :vsplit<CR>

" buffer movements
nmap <C-Left> :bprev<CR>
nmap <C-Right> :bnext<CR>

" shortcuts
" \w - strip all whitespace, tabs and save
" \n - nerdtree
" \b - bufexplorer
" \t - filename search
" \a - ack search

" plugins
" nerdtree    . https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree
" rails       . https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails
" bufexplorer . http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=42
" command-t   . https://wincent.com/products/command-t
" ack         . https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim