Trimmed .vimrc

.vimrc

" This is Dhruv Arora's .vimrc file"

set nocompatible
set encoding=utf-8


" ------------------------------------------------
"     Plugins
" ------------------------------------------------
call plug#begin(expand('~/.vim/bundle/'))

  " ----------------------------------------------
  "     General Enhancements
  " ----------------------------------------------

  
  " Syntastic plugin for syntax linting
  Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'

  " Emmet"
  Plug 'mattn/emmet-vim' 

  " Displays lines to better help separate blocks of code"
  Plug 'Yggdroot/indentLine'

  "JavaScript highlighting -- required for JSX"
  Plug 'pangloss/vim-javascript'

  "JSX Syntax Highlighting"
  Plug 'mxw/vim-jsx'

call plug#end()


" --------------------------------------------
"  Syntastic settings
"  -------------------------------------------
"
" Python checker
let g:syntastic_python_checkers=['flake8']
let g:syntastic_python_flake8_args='--ignore=E501'

" Java Checkers
let g:syntastic_java_checkers = ['javac', 'checkstyle']
let g:syntastic_java_javac_config_file_enabled = 1

" JavaScript Checkers
let g:syntastic_javascript_checkers = ['eslint']
"let g:jsx_ext_required = 0 " Allow JSX in normal JS files
"let g:syntastic_javascript_checkers = ['jsxhint']
"let g:syntastic_javascript_checkers = ['jshint']

" Miscellaneous Syntastic settings
let g:syntastic_error_symbol = '✗'
let g:syntastic_warning_symbol = '!'
let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1


" ------------------------------------------------
"     Plugin settings
" ------------------------------------------------

"Don't update git line diffs while typing
let g:gitgutter_realtime = 0
let g:gitgutter_escape_grep = 1

" NERDTree Root Dir "
let NERDTreeChDirMode=2

" Make indentLine prettier
let g:indentLine_char = '┆'

" start NERDTree on start-up and focus active window
autocmd VimEnter * NERDTree
autocmd VimEnter * wincmd p

" ------------------------------------------------
"     GUI settings
" ------------------------------------------------

" Hide MacVim toolbar and scrollbars.
set guioptions-=T
set guioptions-=r
set guioptions-=R
set guioptions-=l
set guioptions-=L


" ------------------------------------------------
"     Miscellaneous Vim Settings
" ------------------------------------------------

" Assume terminal is fast for smoothness
set ttyfast

" No auditory bells
set visualbell

" Show matching bracket when a bracket is highlighted
set showmatch

" Show in the bottom line"
set showcmd

" Blink for 0.2 seconds when highlighting a bracket
set mat=2

" Tab completion in command mode - adds highlights on second tab
set wildmenu
set wildmode=longest,full

" Enable syntax processing
syntax enable

" If a file is changed outside of vim, automatically reload it without asking
set autoread

" Change directory to current working file"
set autochdir

" Centralize backups, swapfiles and undo history
set backupdir=~/.vim/backups
set directory=~/.vim/swaps
if exists("&undodir")
  set undodir=~/.vim/undo
endif

set ruler

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.hn set filetype=cpp
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ejs set filetype=html
set splitright


" ------------------------------------------------
"     Colorscheme and Fonts
" ------------------------------------------------

" Use Powerline font
set guifont=Inconsolata-dz\ for\ Powerline:h13

" Use Powerline font characters for airline.vim
let g:airline_powerline_fonts=1

" Airline theme
let g:airline_theme='base16'

" Default to 6px of space in between lines
set linespace=6

" No eye strain
set background=dark

" Theme initialization
colorscheme base16-ocean