Vim configuration

.vimrc

" GENERAL
set nocompatible "Needed to use Vim commands, otherwise compatible with Vi
set encoding=utf-8
set nobackup "Only creates backups while saving
set swapfile "Creates a swapfile when editing
set undofile "Persists changes between edits
set backupdir=~/.vim/.backup//
set directory=~/.vim/.swp//
set undodir=~/.vim/.undo//
set autochdir "Automatically change working directory to open file
set noerrorbells
set visualbell
set history=1000
set autoread "Notifies whether the file has been changed while opened
set wildmenu "Shows autocomplete for operations
set wildmode=longest:list,full "First shows entire list of options, then cycles through

" EDITOR
syntax on          "Enables code highlighting
set t_Co=256
set showmatch      "highlights matching characters, e.g. (), {}, []
set wrap           "Lines will automatically wrap
set number         "Shows linenumbers
set relativenumber "Linenumbers are relative to cursor
set cursorline     "Current selected line is highlighted

" INDENTATION
filetype indent on "Looks up standard indentation rules in ~/.vim/indent/<language>.vim
set autoindent
set tabstop=2      "Number of spaces tabs are displayed as
set shiftwidth=2   "Number of characters per level of indentation
set expandtab      "Turns tabs into spaces
set softtabstop=2  "How many spaces to use when expanding tabs

" STATUSBAR
set laststatus=2 "Always shows the statusbar
set showmode "Show current mode at the bottom
set showcmd  "Shows current command composition
set ruler    "Shows location of cursor

" SEARCH
set hlsearch "Highlight match while searching
set incsearch "Automatically jumps to match while entering pattern
set ignorecase