My .vimrc

.vimrc

" This is jelder's .vimrc. Use it well.

syntax on
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on

set cinoptions=:0,p0,t0
set cinwords=if,else,while,do,for,switch,case
set formatoptions=tcqr
set cindent
set autoindent
set number

" Show (partial) command in the last line of the screen.
set showcmd

" When set to "dark", Vim will try to use colors that look good on a
"  dark background.  When set to "light", Vim will try to use colors that
"  look good on a light background.
set background=dark

" Use a less-braindead backspace mode. 
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" Use the fastest, safest backup mode.
set backupcopy=auto

" Put swap files in the home directory.
set backupdir=~/.vim/

" Obv.
set history=50

" Use incremental search
set incsearch

" Always show status line.
set laststatus=2

" Allow the mouse to be used for everything. Hold down Option in iTerm to get select locally.
set mouse=a

" Backups? That's what git is for.
set nobackup

" "compatible" means disable any features added since the beginning of the Shuttle program. 
set nocompatible

" Hit F11 while in insert mode to prevent Vim from eating your indents.
set pastetoggle=<F11>

" Show the line and column number of the cursor position, separated by a comma.
set ruler

" Don't use literal \t characters; use spaces instead.
set expandtab

" This is the tab width. Any even number between two and four is acceptible. 
set shiftwidth=2

" Related. Should be the same as "shiftwidth"
set softtabstop=2

" Even though tab inserts "shiftwidth" spaces, backspace over indentation in
" "shiftwidth" chunks.
set smarttab

set viminfo='50,\"1000,:50,n~/.viminfo

" http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#'whichwrap' 
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l

" Don't move to first column for # (We're not writing C).
inoremap # X#

" Highlight matching parenthesis, brackets, etc for 0.3 seconds.
set showmatch
set matchtime=3