my vim settings, use at your own risk

.vimrc

set nocompatible                  " Must come first because it changes other options.

call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles() " Pathogen

runtime macros/matchit.vim        " ruby text blocks

syntax enable
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized

filetype plugin indent on         " Turn on file type detection.

set showcmd                       " Display incomplete commands.
set backspace=indent,eol,start    " Intuitive backspacing.
set hidden                        " Handle multiple buffers better.

" tab completion 
set wildmode=longest,full
set wildmode=list:longest
set wildignore+=*.o,*.obj,.git,*.rbc

set ignorecase                    " Case-insensitive searching.
set smartcase                     " But case-sensitive if expression contains a capital letter.
set hlsearch                      " Highlight matches.

" dismiss search results with space
:nnoremap <silent> <Space> :nohlsearch<Bar>:echo<CR> 

set wrap                          " Turn on line wrapping.
set scrolloff=3                   " Show 3 lines of context around the cursor.

" invisibles
set list listchars=tab:▸\ ,trail:·,eol:¬

set nobackup                      " Don't make a backup before overwriting a file.
set nowritebackup                 " And again.
set noswapfile

set tabstop=2                     " Global tab width.
set shiftwidth=2                  " And again, related.
set expandtab                     " Use spaces instead of tabs

set laststatus=2                  " Show the status line all the time

" ask to create a new file if it doesn't exist
au BufNewFile * :exe ': !mkdir -p ' . escape(fnamemodify(bufname('%'),':p:h'),'#% \\')

" .ru's and Gemdiles are ruby
au BufRead,BufNewFile {Gemfile,Rakefile,config.ru}    set ft=ruby

" .html.erb is eruby
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.html.erb    set filetype=eruby

" strip whitespace when saving ruby files
autocmd BufWritePre {*.html,*.erb,*.rb} :%s/\s\+$//e

" Convert tabs to spaces when saving ruby files
" autocmd BufWritePre {*.html,*.erb,*.rb} :%s/\t/  /g

command! W :w                     " :W  is the same as :w
command! Q :q                     " :Q  is the same as :q
command! Wq :wq                   " :Wq is the same as :wq
command! Wqa :wqa                 " guess
command! Qa :qa                   " :Qa is the same as :qa

" Opens an edit command with the path of the currently edited file filled in
" Normal mode: <Leader>e
map <Leader>e :e <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>

" ack for current word under cursor
map <Leader>aw :Ack <cword><CR>

" set text wrapping to 72 cols 
function s:setupWrapping()
  set wrap
  set wm=2
  set textwidth=72
endfunction

" spellingz (h/t https://github.com/peteog/dotfiles/blob/master/vimrc#L128)
map <F7> :setlocal spell! spelllang=en_gb<CR>

" gundo
nnoremap <F5> :GundoToggle<CR>

" set paste toggle
set pastetoggle=<f12>