Personal .vimrc file for access via git or curl anywhere, based on the https://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Example_vimrc

.vimrc

" Personal .vimrc file, so far still heavily based one the
" URL: https://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Example_vimrc

" Set 'nocompatible' to ward off unexpected things that your distro might
" have made, as well as sanely reset options when re-sourcing .vimrc
set nocompatible

" Attempt to determine the type of a file based on its name and possibly its
" contents. Use this to allow intelligent auto-indenting for each filetype,
" and for plugins that are filetype specific.
filetype indent plugin on

" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax on

" This option enables the re-use the same window and switch from an unsaved
" buffer without saving it first. Also allows you to keep an undo history for
" multiple files when re-using the same window in this way. Note that using
" persistent undo also lets you undo in multiple files even in the same window,
" but is less efficient and is actually designed for keeping undo history after
" closing Vim entirely. Vim will complain if you try to quit without saving,
" and swap files will keep you safe if your computer crashes.
set hidden

" Better command-line completion
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

" Disable modelines for improved security
set nomodeline

" 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 opening a new line and no filetype-specific indenting is enabled, keep
" the same indent as the line you're currently on. Useful for READMEs, etc.
set autoindent

" Stop certain movements from always going to the first character of a line.
" While this behaviour deviates from that of Vi, it does what most users
" coming from other editors would expect.
set nostartofline

" 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, instead raise a
" dialogue asking if you wish to save changed files.
set confirm

" Use visual bell instead of beeping when doing something wrong
set visualbell

" And reset the terminal code for the visual bell. If visualbell is set, and
" this line is also included, vim will neither flash nor beep. If visualbell
" is unset, this does nothing.
set t_vb=

" Disable the use of the mouse for all modes
set mouse=

" 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
" An alternative is to use relativenumber, but contrary ot the usual vim ways,
" a visual line + delete does the job better for me
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 4 spaces instead of tabs.
" Do not change 'tabstop' from its default value of 8 with this setup.
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=0
set expandtab
set smarttab

" Indentation settings for using hard tabs for indent. Display tabs as
" four characters wide.
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=0

" Map Y to act like D and C, i.e. to yank until EOL, rather than act as yy,
" which is the default
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>

" Map <C-n> and <C-p> to cycle between open buffers
nnoremap <C-n> :bnext<CR>
nnoremap <C-p> :bprevious<CR>

" Map <M-Up> and <M-Down> to move the line up and down, respectively, in...
" ... normal mode
nnoremap <M-Up> :m-2<CR>==
nnoremap <M-Down> :m+<CR>==
" ... insert mode
inoremap <M-Up> <Esc>:m-2<CR>==gi
inoremap <M-Down> <Esc>:m+<CR>==gi
" ... visual mode
vnoremap <M-Up> :m '<-2<CR>gv=gv
vnoremap <M-Down> :m '>+1<CR>gv=gv

" ... and map <C-S-n> and <C-S-p> to cycle through buffers by incrementing resp.
" decrementing buffer IDs. This allows cycling between unlisted buffers
" as well.
" Why isn't the shift working??
"nnoremap <C-S-n> :execute ":buffer ".(bufnr("%") + 1)<CR>
"nnoremap <C-S-p> :execute ":buffer ".(bufnr("%") - 1)<CR>

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