.vimrc

.vimrc

" enable syntax highlighting
syntax enable

" spell checks
set spell spelllang=en_us
hi clear SpellRare
hi SpellRare cterm=underline
hi clear SpellLocal
hi SpellLocal cterm=underline
hi clear SpellCap
hi SpellCap cterm=underline
hi clear SpellBad
hi SpellBad ctermfg=009 ctermbg=011 guifg=#ff0000 guibg=#ffff00

" set unix as the standard file type
set ffs=unix,dos,mac

" set default encoding to be UTF-8
set encoding=utf-8

" display the full file path at the bottom
set statusline+=%F
set ls=2

" tab as 2 spaces
set tabstop=2 softtabstop=0 expandtab shiftwidth=2 smarttab

" for C# tabs
autocmd FileType cs set autoindent expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4

" for golang tabs
autocmd FileType go set autoindent noexpandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2

" use tabs in Makefile
let _curfile=expand("%:r")
if _curfile == 'Makefile'
  set noexpandtab
endif

" show a whitespace at the end of each line as a ~
set listchars=tab:..,trail:~,extends:>,precedes:<
set list
" set the background color of whitespaces to be red and char color to be white
hi SpecialKey ctermfg=darkgrey guifg=None ctermbg=None

" code block holding: press [a + z] to fold and ufold
set foldmethod=indent
set foldnestmax=10
set nofoldenable
set foldlevel=2