VIM configuration

vimrc

call pathogen#infect()
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on  " load filetype plugins/indent settings

" General
set autochdir " always switch to the current file directory
set incsearch " highlight as you type your search phrase
set laststatus=2 " always show the status line
set number " turn on line numbers
set showcmd " show the commad being typed, e.g. ctrl+y
set showmatch " show matching brackets
set expandtab " avoid using real tabs and replace them with space

" text formatting/layout
set ignorecase " case insensitive
set shiftwidth=4 " auto-indent amount when using cindent, >>, << and stuff like that 
set softtabstop=4 " when hitting tab or backspace, how many spaces
set tabstop=8 " real tabs should be 8, and they will show with set list on

set smartcase " if there are caps, go case-sensitive
set infercase " case inferred

" folding
set foldenable " turn on folding
set foldmarker={,} " fold C style code (only use this as default if you use a high foldlevel
set foldmethod=marker " fold on the marker
set foldlevel=100 " don't autofold anything (but I can still fold manually)
set foldopen=block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,tog " what movements open folds

" file/file type specific changes
" Autocommands
" HTML, CSS - set tab size to 2
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.html,*.htm,*.css set shiftwidth=2
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.html,*.htm,*.css set softtabstop=2


" source: http://vi-improved.org/vimrc.html