vimrc.txt

  1 set nocompatible        " disable compatibility mode with vi
  2
  3 """" Basic Behavior
  4
  5 set number              " show line numbers
  6 set wrap                " wrap lines
  7 set wildmenu            " visual autocomplete for command menu
  8 set lazyredraw          " redraw screen only when we need to
  9 set showmatch           " highlight matching parentheses / brackets [{()}]
 10 set laststatus=2        " always show statusline (even with only single window)
 11 set ruler               " show line and column number of the cursor on right side of statusline
 12 set visualbell          " blink cursor on error, instead of beeping
 13
 14
 15 """" Key Bindings
 16
 17 " move vertically by visual line (don't skip wrapped lines)
 18 nmap j gj
 19 nmap k gk
 20
 21
 22 """" Vim Appearance
 23
 24 " put colorscheme files in ~/.vim/colors/
 25 colorscheme murphy      " good colorschemes: murphy, slate, molokai, badwolf, solarized
 26
 27 " use filetype-based syntax highlighting, ftplugins, and indentation
 28 syntax enable
 29 filetype plugin indent on
 30
 31
 32 """" Tab settings
 33
 34 set tabstop=4           " number of spaces per <TAB>
 35 set expandtab           " convert <TAB> key-presses to spaces
 36 set shiftwidth=4        " set a <TAB> key-press equal to 4 spaces
 37
 38 set autoindent          " copy indent from current line when starting a new line
 39 set smartindent         " even better autoindent (e.g. add indent after '{')
 40
 41
 42 """" Search settings
 43
 44 set incsearch           " search as characters are entered
 45 set hlsearch            " highlight matches
 46
 47 " turn off search highlighting with <CR> (carriage-return)
 48 nnoremap <CR> :nohlsearch<CR><CR>
 49
 50
 51 """" Miscellaneous settings that might be worth enabling
 52
 53 set cursorline         " highlight current line
 54 set background=dark    " configure Vim to use brighter colors
 55 set autoread           " autoreload the file in Vim if it has been changed outside of Vim