Vim settings

.vimrc

" Executing pathogen, which helps organise plugins
execute pathogen#infect()

"""""""""" PACKAGES """""""""" 
set runtimepath^=~/.vim/bundle/ctrlp.vim

""""" SPELLCHECKER """"" 
:map <F7> :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_gb<CR>
""""""""""""""""""""

" Making sure some files are assigned properly
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.json set filetype=json
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.stan set syntax=stan

autocmd Filetype javascript setlocal expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2
autocmd Filetype css setlocal expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2
autocmd Filetype html setlocal expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2


" enable syntax highlighting
syntax enable

" enable all Python syntax highlighting features
let python_highlight_all = 1

set wildmenu    " visual autocompete for command menu
set lazyredraw          " redraw only when we need to.

set number  " show line numbers
set showcmd " shows cmd in bottom bar
set cursorline  " underline current line 
set showmatch   " shows match for parathesis [] () {}

" highlights last inserted text
nnoremap gV `[v`]

"""""" TABS RELATED """"""
filetype plugin indent on " show existing tab with 4 spaces width

" set tabs to have 4 spaces
set tabstop=4    " number of visual spaces per TAB
set softtabstop=4   " number of spaces in tab when editing
set shiftwidth=4    " when 'indenting with '>', use 4 spaces

" indent when moving to the next line while writing code
set expandtab   " tabs are spaces
set autoindent  " copy indent from current line to newline
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"""""" SEARCH """"""
set incsearch   " search as characeters are entered
set hlsearch    " highlight matches

" macro \<space> to :nohlsearch, which turns off highlight
nnoremap <leader><space> :nohlsearch<CR> 
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""""" MOVEMENT """""
" follows visual lines when moving up(j)/down(k)
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk
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nnoremap <leader>s :mksession<CR>

Installation requires pathogen which, as the package's readme suggest, can be installed with the command

mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim