Minimal .vimrc for C/C++ developers

.vimrc

" VIM Configuration File
" Description: Optimized for C/C++ development, but useful also for other things.
" Author: Gerhard Gappmeier
"

" set UTF-8 encoding
set enc=utf-8
set fenc=utf-8
set termencoding=utf-8
" disable vi compatibility (emulation of old bugs)
set nocompatible
" use indentation of previous line
set autoindent
" use intelligent indentation for C
set smartindent
" configure tabwidth and insert spaces instead of tabs
set tabstop=4        " tab width is 4 spaces
set shiftwidth=4     " indent also with 4 spaces
set expandtab        " expand tabs to spaces
" wrap lines at 120 chars. 80 is somewaht antiquated with nowadays displays.
set textwidth=120
" turn syntax highlighting on
set t_Co=256
syntax on
" colorscheme wombat256
" turn line numbers on
set number
" highlight matching braces
set showmatch
" intelligent comments
set comments=sl:/*,mb:\ *,elx:\ */

" Install OmniCppComplete like described on http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/C++_code_completion
" This offers intelligent C++ completion when typing ‘.’ ‘->’ or <C-o>
" Load standard tag files
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/cpp
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/gl
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/sdl
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/qt4

" Install DoxygenToolkit from http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=987
let g:DoxygenToolkit_authorName="John Doe <john@doe.com>"

" Enhanced keyboard mappings
"
" in normal mode F2 will save the file
nmap <F2> :w<CR>
" in insert mode F2 will exit insert, save, enters insert again
imap <F2> <ESC>:w<CR>i
" switch between header/source with F4
map <F4> :e %:p:s,.h$,.X123X,:s,.cpp$,.h,:s,.X123X$,.cpp,<CR>
" recreate tags file with F5
map <F5> :!ctags -R –c++-kinds=+p –fields=+iaS –extra=+q .<CR>
" create doxygen comment
map <F6> :Dox<CR>
" build using makeprg with <F7>
map <F7> :make<CR>
" build using makeprg with <S-F7>
map <S-F7> :make clean all<CR>
" goto definition with F12
map <F12> <C-]>
" in diff mode we use the spell check keys for merging
if &diff
  ” diff settings
  map <M-Down> ]c
  map <M-Up> [c
  map <M-Left> do
  map <M-Right> dp
  map <F9> :new<CR>:read !svn diff<CR>:set syntax=diff buftype=nofile<CR>gg
else
  " spell settings
  :setlocal spell spelllang=en
  " set the spellfile - folders must exist
  set spellfile=~/.vim/spellfile.add
  map <M-Down> ]s
  map <M-Up> [s
endif

Which is the best background color with this config?

Many thanks!

Wonderful setup, thanks for this!

The simplicity is wonderful... @yefeiyan, ignoring the fact that this is a necro reply, and as solarized is over-hyped imo, I use jellybeans or Monokai.

I'm having an error during loading saying unknown option spell.

Thanks. This is a good start!

I like it nice

great work , i really like it , thanks ! :)

i love it

Awesome, works great, thank you very much

Useful setup for all, specifically for C programmers. Thanks.

It feels awesome, thanks for the work.

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

Many Thanks 👍

Thanks buddy!!

Thanks a lot

How can I setup on my Linux computer? I do not want to make any mistake

This is awesome! Thanks!

Thanks.. its Very nice.

Thanks.
It helps. It is working without any issue on WSL linux 18.04 LTS.

Thanks a lot

Awesome!
Thank you!

P.S.
It seems there is small typo in 20th line: somewaht --> somewhat

Hi

Any idea how can I disable highlight (I only want my searched pattern to get highlighted). For some reason, few keywords in my code are getting highlight by default.

Thank you! Simplicity is the key! Regards

Hi

Any idea how can I disable highlight (I only want my searched pattern to get highlighted). For some reason, few keywords in my code are getting highlight by default.

Hi

Any idea how can I disable highlight (I only want my searched pattern to get highlighted). For some reason, few keywords in my code are getting highlight by default.

In VIM editor, type :verbose set spell? to check the line number, then remove it.

No Luck.

I want to remove highlights like these. It makes code unreadable.

No Luck.

I want to remove highlights like these. It makes code unreadable.

if you use the above command, you would see:
:setlocal spell spelllang=en
then comment the line out, the spell checking would not show anymore.
This command help check spelling in English, btw

Thanks. I didn't know about it. Now I can read my code in a much cleaner way :)

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