General purpose vimrc

.vimrc

"GENERAL
"==============================================
    set background=dark                 " Assume a dark background
    syntax on                           " Syntax highlighting
    filetype plugin indent on   " Automatically detect file types.

    if !has('gui')
        set term=$TERM          " Make arrow and other keys work
    endif

    set hidden                          " Allow buffer switching without saving
    set history=1000                    " Store a ton of history (default is 20)
    set virtualedit=onemore             " Allow for cursor beyond last character
    set mousehide                       " Hide the mouse cursor while typing
    set shortmess+=filmnrxoOtT          " Abbrev. of messages (avoids 'hit enter')


"VIM UI
"==============================================
    set guioptions-=T                   "disable toolbar in gvim
    set guioptions-=rL                  "disable scrollbar in gvim

    set tabpagemax=15                   " Only show 15 tabs
    set showmode                        " Display the current mode
    set cursorline                      " Highlight current line

    set ruler                           " Show the ruler
    set showcmd                         " Show partial commands in status line and
                                        " Selected characters/lines in visual mode
    set ttyfast
    if has('statusline')
        set laststatus=2
        " Broken down into easily includeable segments
        set statusline=%<%f\                     " Filename
        set statusline+=%w%h%m%r                 " Options
        "set statusline+=%{fugitive#statusline()} " Git Hotness
        set statusline+=\ [%{&ff}/%Y]            " Filetype
        set statusline+=\ [%{getcwd()}]          " Current dir
        set statusline+=%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %p%%  " Right aligned file nav info
    endif

    set number                          " Line numbers on
    set incsearch                       " Find as you type search
    set ignorecase                      " Case insensitive search
    set smartcase                       " Case sensitive when uc present

    set whichwrap=b,s,h,l,<,>,[,]       " Backspace and cursor keys wrap too
    set wildmode=list:longest,full  " Command <Tab> completion, list matches, " then longest common part,  then all.

    set scrolloff=3                     " Minimum lines to keep above and below cursor
    set pumheight=9                     "set popup menu height
    set list
    set listchars=tab:›\ ,trail:•,extends:#,nbsp:. " Highlight problematic whitespace
    set splitright                      " Puts new vsplit windows to the right of the current
    set splitbelow                      " Puts new split windows to the bottom of the current


"FORMATTING
"==============================================
    set nowrap                          " Wrap long lines
    set autoindent                      " Indent at the same level of the previous line
    set shiftwidth=4                    " Use indents of 4 spaces
    set shiftround
    set noexpandtab                     " Tabs are spaces, not tabs
    set tabstop=4                       " An indentation every four columns
    set softtabstop=4                   " Let backspace delete indent
    set nojoinspaces                    " Prevents inserting two spaces after punctuation on a join (J)
    set smarttab
    set matchpairs+=<:>                 " Match, to be used with %

"KEY REMAPPING
"==============================================
                                        " Set leader key to ',' for easy access
    let mapleader = ","
                                        " Wrapped lines goes down/up to next row, rather than next line in file.
    noremap j gj
    noremap k gk
                                        " Fast tab switching
    map <S-H> gT
    map <S-L> gt
                                        " Yank from the cursor to the end of the line, to be consistent with C and D.
    nnoremap Y y$
                                        " Toggle search highlighting rather than clear the current
    nmap <silent> <leader>/ :set invhlsearch<CR>
                                        " Visual shifting (does not exit Visual mode)
    vnoremap < <gv
    vnoremap > >gv
                                        " Allow using the repeat operator with a visual selection (!)
    vnoremap . :normal .<CR>