[.vimrc My vim configuration file] with link to interesting YouTube video #vim

.vimrc

" GREAT CONFIGURATION VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XA2WjJbmmoM

" BASIC SETUP: 

"  enter the current millenium
set nocompatible

" enable syntax and plugins (for netrw)
syntax enable
filetype plugin on

set number relativenumber

" FINDING FILES:
"
" Search down into subfolders
" Provides tab-completion for all file-related tasks
set path+=**

" Display all matching files when we tab complete
set wildmenu

" NOW WE CAN:
" - Hit tab to :find by partial match
" - Use * to make it fuzzy

" THINGS TO CONSIDER:
" - :b lets you autocomplete any open buffer


" TAG JUMPING:
"
" Create the `tags`file (may need to install ctags first)
command! MakeTags !ctags -R .

" NOW WE CAN:
" - Use ^] to jump to tag under cursor
" - Use g^] for ambiguous tags
" - Use ^t to jump back up the tag stack

" THINGS TO CONSIDER:
" - This doesn't help if you want a visual list of tags   

" AUTOCOMPLETE:

" The good stuff is documented in | ins-completion|

" HIGHLIGHTS:
" - ^x^n for JUST this file
" - ^x^f for filenames (works with our path trick!)
" - ^x^] for tags only
" - ^n for anything specified by the 'complete' opion

" NOW WE CAN:
" - Use ^n and ^p to go back and forth in the suggestion list

" FILE BROWSING:

" Tweaks for browsing
let g:netrw_banner=0		" disable annoying banner
let g:netrw_browse_split=4	" open in prior window
let g:netrw_altv=1		" open splits to the right
let g:netrw_liststyle=3		" tree view
let g:netrw_list_hide=netrw_gitignore#Hide()
let g:netrw_list_hide.=',\(^\|\s\s)\zs\.\S\+'

" NOW WE CAN:
" - :edit a folder to open a file browser
" - <CR>/v/t to open in an h-split/v-split/tab
" - check |netrw-browse-maps| for more mappings

"SNIPPETS: Look Video at minute 44:44
" nnoremap ,html :-1read $HOME/.vim/.skeleton.html<CR>3jwf>a example only

" ADDED SETTINGS AFTER VIDEO TRICKS

" change between light or dark to match terminal setting for better contrast
set background=light

" search live updates and highlights
" https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/8741/how-to-automatically-turn-off-hlsearch-after-im-done-searching
:set incsearch
":set hlsearch

" INDENTING
"
:set tabstop=2     " tabs are at proper location
:set expandtab     " don't use actual tab character (ctrl-v)
:set shiftwidth=2  " indenting is 2 spaces
:set autoindent    " turns it on
:set smartindent   " does the right thing (mostly) in programs
:set cindent       " stricter rules for C programs