.vimrc

" Don't try to play nicely with vi
set nocompatible

" Allow buffers to be hidden, even if they're not saved.
set hidden

" Save the last 100 commands and search terms in history
set history=100

" Filetype settings and syntax should be enabled.
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on

" Use a dark background.
set background=dark

" Use the solarized colorscheme.
colorscheme solarized

set laststatus=2   " always display a status line
set number         " show line numbers
set ruler          " display coordinates in status bar
set showcmd        " display unfinished commands
set showmatch      " show matching bracket (briefly jump)
set showmode       " display the current mode in the status bar
set title          " show file in titlebar

" Automatically indent lines, and try to do it intelligently
set autoindent
set smartindent

" backspace behaves 'normally' (goes across lines, etc.)
set backspace=indent,eol,start
" Same for left/right nav keys.
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l

set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬,trail:☠

" Use spaces instead of tabs, and
" prefer 3 spaces.
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab

" Automatically reload a file if it's changed outside of vim (or in another
" window)
set autoread

" wrap lines rather than make use of the horizontal scrolling
set wrap
" try not to wrap in the middle of a word
set linebreak
" use an 80-character line limit
set textwidth=80

" format settings
" t - Auto-wrap text using textwidth
" c - Auto-wrap comments using textwidth, inserting the current comment
" leader automatically.
" r - Automatically insert the current comment leader after hitting <Enter>
" in Insert mode.
" q - Allow formatting of comments with "gq".
" Note that formatting will not change blank lines or lines containing
" only the comment leader. A new paragraph starts after such a line,
" or when the comment leader changes.
" n - When formatting text, recognize numbered lists.
" 2 - When formatting text, use the indent of the second line of a paragraph
" for the rest of the paragraph, instead of the indent of the first line.
" 1 - Don't break a line after a one-letter word. It's broken before it
" instead (if possible).
set formatoptions=tcrqn21

" Automatically restore cursor position when possible
autocmd BufReadPost *
   \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
   \ exe "normal! g`\"" |
   \ endif

" Highlight the search term
set hlsearch

" Use incremental search (find-as-you-type)
set incsearch

" Ignore case in searches...
set ignorecase

" ...unless a capital letter is included, in which case it's assumed you want
" case-sensitive search.
set smartcase