vim settings

.vimrc

" Use vim settings, rather then vi settings (much better!)
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible

set t_Co=256            " iTerm2 supports 256 color mode. 
set ai                  " auto indenting
set history=100         " keep 100 lines of history
set ruler               " show the cursor position
syntax on               " syntax highlighting
filetype plugin on      " use the file type plugins

set showmode                    " always show what mode we're currently editing in

set tabstop=4                   " a tab is four spaces
set softtabstop=4               " when hitting <BS>, pretend like a tab is removed, even if spaces
set noexpandtab                 " don't expand tabs to spaces by default
set shiftwidth=4                " number of spaces to use for autoindenting
set shiftround                  " use multiple of shiftwidth when indenting with '<' and '>'
set backspace=indent,eol,start  " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set autoindent                  " always set autoindenting on
set copyindent                  " copy the previous indentation on autoindenting

set showmatch                   " set show matching parenthesis
set smarttab                    " insert tabs on the start of a line according to
                                "    shiftwidth, not tabstop
set scrolloff=4                 " keep 4 lines off the edges of the screen when scrolling

set hlsearch                    " highlight search terms
set incsearch                   " show search matches as you type

" white space characters
set nolist
set listchars=eol:$,tab:.\ ,trail:.,extends:>,precedes:<,nbsp:_
highlight SpecialKey term=standout ctermfg=darkgray guifg=darkgray
" display white space characters with F3
nnoremap <F3> :set list! list?<CR>

" no indent on paste
set pastetoggle=<F2>
nnoremap <F2> :set invpaste paste?<CR>
set pastetoggle=<F2>
set showmode

"set mouse=a                     " enable using the mouse if terminal emulator supports it
" turned off - it kills copy/paste

" CTRL-down/up skips a paragraph.. like in emacs :)
:nmap <C-UP> {
:nmap <C-DOWN> }

" Jump words with alt
:map! <A-LEFT> <S-LEFT>
:map <A-LEFT> <S-LEFT>
:map! <A-RIGHT> <S-RIGHT>
:map <A-RIGHT> <S-RIGHT>

" Map alt-backspace to delete the previous word
:imap <M-BS> <C-w>
:nmap <M-BS> db
                                
" Editor layout
set termencoding=utf-8
set encoding=utf-8
set lazyredraw                  " don't update the display while executing macros
set laststatus=2                " tell VIM to always put a status line in, even
                                "    if there is only one window
set cmdheight=1                 " use a status bar that is 1 rows high


" Behaviour
set history=1000                " remember more commands and search history
set undolevels=1000             " use many muchos levels of undo
if v:version >= 730
    set undofile                " keep a persistent backup file
    set undodir=~/.vim/.undo,~/tmp,/tmp
endif
set nobackup                    " do not keep backup files, it's 70's style cluttering
set noswapfile                  " do not write annoying intermediate swap files,
                                "    who did ever restore from swap files anyway?
set directory=~/.vim/.tmp,~/tmp,/tmp
                                " store swap files in one of these directories
                                "    (in case swapfile is ever turned on)
set viminfo='20,\"80            " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more
                                "    than 80 lines of registers
set wildmenu                    " make tab completion for files/buffers act like bash
set wildmode=list:full          " show a list when pressing tab and complete
                                "    first full match
set wildignore=*.swp,*.bak,*.pyc,*.class
set title                       " change the terminal's title
set visualbell                  " don't beep
set noerrorbells                " don't beep
set showcmd                     " show (partial) command in the last line of the screen
                                "    this also shows visual selection info
set nomodeline                  " disable mode lines (security measure)
set background=dark             " shell is usally dark 

" When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if ! exists("g:leave_my_cursor_position_alone") |
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g'\"" |
\ endif |
\ endif

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