.vimrc

set nocompatible                                " disable backward compatibility with Vi
filetype plugin indent on                       " filetype detection ON, plugins enable, indent ON
set t_Co=256                                    " enable 256-color mode.
syntax enable                                   " enable syntax highlighting, previously 'syntax on'.
set number                                      " show line numbers
set laststatus=2                                " last window always has a statusline
set nohlsearch                                  " Don't continue to highlight searched phrases.
set incsearch                                   " But do highlight as you type your search.
set ignorecase                                  " Make searches case-insensitive.
set ruler                                       " Always show info along bottom.
set autoindent                                  " auto-indent
set tabstop=4                                   " tab spacing
set softtabstop=4                               " unify
set shiftwidth=4                                " indent/outdent by 4 columns
set shiftround                                  " always indent/outdent to the nearest tabstop
set expandtab                                   " use spaces instead of tabs
set smarttab                                    " use tabs at the start of a line, spaces elsewhere
set nowrap                                      " don't wrap text
set guifont=Inconsolata-dz\ for\ Powerline:h13  " set font, format <font name>:<font height> escape spaces


" using Vim Plug - Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')

" NERDTree
Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
" Material color scheme for Vim
Plug 'kristijanhusak/vim-hybrid-material'
" Syntax checking for vim
Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
" Vim script for text filtering and alignment
Plug 'godlygeek/tabular'
" lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air
Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
" quoting/parenthesizing made simple
Plug 'tpope/vim-surround'
" the ultimate git helper
Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
" comment/uncomment lines with gcc or gc in visual mode
Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary'
" shows a git diff in the gutter (sign column)
Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
" Search Dash.app from Vim
" Plug 'rizzatti/dash.vim'

" Add plugins to &runtimepath
call plug#end()

" end Vim Plug plugins

" enable vim-airline
let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled=1
" Allow some of the code to be bolded, like functions and language controls
let g:enable_bold_font = 1

" kristijanhusak's hybrid-material theme:
set background=dark
colorscheme hybrid_material

" open NERDTree on startup if no file is specified
autocmd VimEnter * if !argc() | NERDTree | endif
" place cursor in main window on startup
autocmd VimEnter * wincmd p