vim config

.vimrc

"" always use vim instead of vi
set nocompatible

call plug#begin(stdpath('data') . '/plugged')
Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on':  'NERDTreeToggle' }
Plug 'editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'
call plug#end()

"" identify file types
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on

syntax enable

" Set 7 lines to the cursor - when moving vertically using j/k
set so=7

"" Ctrl - n hotkey for NERD plugin
map <C-n> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>

"" ignore case sensitivity on search
set ignorecase

" When searching try to be smart about cases 
set smartcase

"" enbale interactive search
set incsearch

"" highlight search results
set hlsearch 

"" smart indentetion
set autoindent

"" force UTF-8
set fileencoding=utf-8
set encoding=utf-8

"" show line endings
"set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬

"" show line numbers
set number
"set relativenumber 

"" To control the number of space characters that will be inserted when the tab key is pressed
set tabstop=2

"" To change the number of space characters inserted for indentation
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2

"" To insert space characters whenever the tab key is pressed
set expandtab

"" custom key mappings
imap jj <Esc> 

"" highlght line where you at
"set cursorline

"" visual autocomplete for command menu
set wildmenu

" Configure backspace so it acts as it should act
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l
set showmatch

" Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git et.c anyway...
set nobackup
set nowb
set noswapfile

" merge vim's clipboard and system
set clipboard=unnamedplus

" escape of parenthesis/brackets, etc
inoremap <S-Tab> <esc>la
" O in insert mode
imap <C-o> <esc>o

" Allow saving of files as sudo when I forgot to start vim using sudo.
cmap w!! w !sudo tee > /dev/null %