.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

" ================ General Config ====================

set number                      "Line numbers are good
set backspace=indent,eol,start  "Allow backspace in insert mode
set history=1000                "Store lots of :cmdline history
set showcmd                     "Show incomplete cmds down the bottom
set showmode                    "Show current mode down the bottom
set gcr=a:blinkon0              "Disable cursor blink
set visualbell                  "No sounds
set autoread                    "Reload files changed outside vim

" This makes vim act like all other editors, buffers can
" exist in the background without being in a window.
" http://items.sjbach.com/319/configuring-vim-right
set hidden

"turn on syntax highlighting
syntax on

" ================ Turn Off Swap Files ==============

set noswapfile
set nobackup
set nowb

" ================ Persistent Undo ==================
" Keep undo history across sessions, by storing in file.
" Only works all the time.
if has('persistent_undo')
  silent !mkdir ~/.vim/backups > /dev/null 2>&1
  set undodir=~/.vim/backups
  set undofile
endif

" ================ Indentation ======================

set autoindent
set smartindent
set smarttab
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab

filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" Display tabs and trailing spaces visually
set list listchars=tab:\ \ ,trail:·

set nowrap       "Don't wrap lines
set linebreak    "Wrap lines at convenient points

" ================ Completion =======================

set wildmode=list:longest
set wildmenu                "enable ctrl-n and ctrl-p to scroll thru matches
set wildignore=*.o,*.obj,*~ "stuff to ignore when tab completing
set wildignore+=*vim/backups*
set wildignore+=*sass-cache*
set wildignore+=*DS_Store*
set wildignore+=vendor/rails/**
set wildignore+=vendor/cache/**
set wildignore+=*.gem
set wildignore+=log/**
set wildignore+=tmp/**
set wildignore+=*.png,*.jpg,*.gif

"
" ================ Scrolling ========================

set scrolloff=8         "Start scrolling when we're 8 lines away from margins
set sidescrolloff=15
set sidescroll=1

" ================ Search ===========================

set incsearch       " Find the next match as we type the search
set hlsearch        " Highlight searches by default
set ignorecase      " Ignore case when searching...
set smartcase       " ...unless we type a capital