.vimrc

" I'm so over vi
set nocompatible

" The one true encoding
set encoding=utf-8

" We have a fast connection
set ttyfast

" I back up other ways
set nobackup
set noswapfile

" Use tpope's pathogen to manage plugins
call pathogen#helptags()
call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()

" Map <Leader> to comma
let mapleader = ","

" Show line numbers
set ruler

" Show me relative line numbers
set relativenumber

" Syntax highlighting
syntax on

" Whitespace
set nowrap
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

" Searching
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set showmatch
" Use normal regexes
nnoremap / /\v
vnoremap / /\v
" Clear search with ,<Space>
nnoremap <leader><space> :noh<CR>

" Show a coloured column at 78 chars (lines shouldn't be longer)
set colorcolumn=78

" Always show status bar
set laststatus=2

" Highlight line cursor is on
set cursorline

" Wildmenu is cool
set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest

" Don't beep
set visualbell
set noerrorbells

" Keep 3 lines above/below cursor
set scrolloff=3

" Makefiles, Python use real tabs
au FileType make   set noexpandtab
au FileType python set noexpandtab

" Ruby files
au BufRead,BufNewFile {Gemfile,Rakefile,Thorfile,config.ru} set ft=ruby

" Allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" Load plugin/indent for detected filetype
filetype plugin indent on

set modelines=5

" Faster window navigation
nnoremap <C-h> <C-w>h
nnoremap <C-j> <C-w>j
nnoremap <C-k> <C-w>k
nnoremap <C-l> <C-w>l
" <leader>w opens a vertical split and switches to it
nnoremap <leader>w <C-w>v<C-w>l

" NerdTree
nnoremap <leader>n :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
" Ack
nnoremap <leader>a :Ack<space>
" ConqueTerm
nnoremap <leader>e :call StartTerm()<CR>

" ConqueTerm wrapper
function StartTerm()
  execute 'ConqueTerm ' . $SHELL . ' --login'
  setlocal listchars=tab:\ \
endfunction

" Save me keystrokes by mapping ':' to ';'
nnoremap ; :

if has("autocmd")
  " Automatically reload vimrc
  autocmd bufwritepost .vimrc source $MYVIMRC
  " Automatically strip whitespace
  autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e
endif

" Quickly edit .vimrc
nmap <leader>v :tabedit $MYVIMRC<CR>