An in-progress vim configuration file

vimrc

" SHOW INVISIBLES
" vimcasts.org/episodes/show-invisibles/

" Disable syntax highlighting for Markdown files
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.md syntax off 

" Shortcut to toggle `set list` with `\l`
" Note the "mapleader" variable is set to backslash by default
nmap <leader>l :set list!<CR>

" Use the same symbols as TextMate for tabstops and EOLs
" To insert a unicode character type `Ctrl-v` followed by the unicode value (e.g. `u1234`)
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬
set list

" TABS AND SPACES
" vimcasts.org/episodes/tabs-and-spaces

" `tabstop` - width of tabs
" `expandtab` - boolean value, replace with spaces
" `softtabstop` - width using tab key and backspace in insert mode, supersedes `tabstop`
" `shiftwidth` - width using `>` and `<` indentation keys in normal mode
set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 noexpandtab

" WHITESPACE PREFERENCES AND FILETYPES
" vimcasts.org/episodes/whitespace-preferences-and-filetypes

" If vim has been compiled with autocommand
" Then load settings based on file type
if has ("autocmd")
  filetype on

  "autocmd FileType html setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab
  "autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.md,*.markdown setfiletype
endif

" Other
set number
syntax on
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" Latex-Suite
" http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite/recommended-settings.html
" grep will sometimes skip displaying the file name if you
" search in a singe file. This will confuse Latex-Suite. Set your grep
" program to always generate a file-name.
set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*

" Starting with Vim 7, the filetype of empty .tex files defaults to
" 'plaintex' instead of 'tex', which results in vim-latex not being loaded.
" The following changes the default filetype back to 'tex':
let g:tex_flavor='latex'

" Switches on the 'spell' option and specify to check for US English
setlocal spell spelllang=en_us