My .vimrc

.vimrc

set nocompatible
set backupdir=~/.vim/backups
set undofile
set undodir=~/.vim/undo     " remember undos across sessions
set noswapfile

" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"  Text Formatting
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

call pathogen#infect()		" use pathogen
call pathogen#helptags() 	" call this when installing new plugins

syntax on				    " turn that syntax on

set autoindent              " automatic indent new lines
set nosmartindent           " don't be smart about it
set nowrap                  " do not wrap lines
set tabstop=4			    " a tab is 4 spaces
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab               " expand tabs to spaces
set nosmarttab              " fuck tabs

filetype plugin on          " enable file specific indenting
filetype plugin indent on   " indentation on

" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"  Remapping
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

" lead with ,
let mapleader = ","
let g:mapleader = ","

" exit to normal mode and visual mode with ',,'
inoremap <Leader><Leader>   <ESC>
vnoremap <Leader><Leader>   <ESC>

" prevent wierd destructive things that I do sometimes
inoremap <C-W>              <Nop>
inoremap <C-U>              <Nop>

" easy saving, closing, dehighlighting and stripping
nnoremap <Leader>w              :w!<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>wq             :wq<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>q              :q<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>s              :FixWhitespace<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>h              :noh<CR>

nnoremap / /\v
vnoremap / /\v

" faster scrolling
nnoremap <Space>                <C-D>
nnoremap <Backspace>            <C-U>

" aligns = which aren't in == or <= or >= and does other cool stuff
vnoremap <Leader>=              :Tabularize align_equal<CR>

" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"  UI
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

set ruler                      " show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd                    " display incomplete commands
set nolazyredraw               " turn off lazy redraw
set background=light           " i like my terminal dimmm
set number                     " line numbers
set numberwidth=3              " give me a gutter
set wildmenu                   " turn on wild menu
set wildmode=list:longest,full
set wildchar=<TAB>             " set auto complete to <TAB>
set ch=1                       " command line height
set backspace=2                " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set shortmess=filtIoOA         " shorten messages
set report=0                   " tell us about changes
set nostartofline              " don't jump to the start of line when scrolling

" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Visual Cues
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

set t_Co=256                   " give me all 256 colors
set so=10                      " 10 line when moving vertically
set showmatch                  " brackets/braces that is
set mat=5                      " duration to show matching brace (1/10 sec)
set incsearch                  " do incremental searching
set laststatus=2               " always show the status line
set hlsearch                   " highlight searches
set incsearch                  " incremental search on
set noerrorbells               " shut up
set novisualbell
set gdefault                   " makes :%s/foo/bar/ -> :%s/foo/bar/g
set colorcolumn=80             " show me a marker at the 80 char line
set ttyfast                    " be fast
set encoding=utf-8
set spelllang=en_ca            " gimme spellcheck!
set cursorline                 " show me a cursor line
set relativenumber

" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Misc. Options
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

set autowriteall           " automatically save files when moving around


" Preffered highlights
" Taken and mofied from tomasr/molokai

hi StatusLine      ctermfg=0 ctermbg=250
hi StatusLineNC    ctermfg=238 ctermbg=250
hi CursorLine                  ctermbg=234   cterm=none
hi CursorColumn                ctermbg=234
hi ColorColumn                 ctermbg=234
hi LineNr          ctermfg=250 ctermbg=0
hi NonText         ctermfg=59
hi SpecialKey      ctermfg=59

" Syntastic
set statusline=%<%f\ %h%m%r\ %{fugitive#statusline()}\ %{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}\ %=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P
let g:syntastic_enable_signs=0    "stops those annoying side things
let g:syntastic_quiet_warnings=1  "only show syntax errors