decent .vimrc

.vimrc

filetype on
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" Syntax highlight without being too slow
syntax on
set synmaxcol=255

" Use 4 space tabs by default
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set smarttab

" Mouse support
set mouse=a

" Highlight search results
set hlsearch

color elflord

" Show line number and file name
set laststatus=2
set statusline=   " clear the statusline for when vimrc is reloaded
set statusline+=%-3.3n\                      " buffer number
set statusline+=%f\                          " file name
set statusline+=%h%m%r%w                     " flags
set statusline+=[%{strlen(&ft)?&ft:'none'},  " filetype
set statusline+=%{strlen(&fenc)?&fenc:&enc}, " encoding
set statusline+=%{&fileformat}]              " file format
set statusline+=%=                           " right align
set statusline+=char\ %b,0x%-8B\             " current char
set statusline+=line\ %-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %<%P  " position

" Allow copy pasting more than 50 lines
" Store marks in last 50 files, registers up to 300 lines, 20 kb
set viminfo='50,<300,s20

" Highlight trailing whitespace
highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()
autocmd Syntax * syn match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t/

" C/C++/Java: Auto indent, auto-complete multiline comments
autocmd FileType c,cpp,java setlocal cindent

" In Makefiles, don't expand tabs to spaces, since we need the actual tabs
autocmd FileType make setlocal noexpandtab