some VIMRC tricks

gistfile1.vim

" disable VIM welcome screen
set shortmess+=I

" Softwrap for VIM
set wrap linebreak textwidth=0
set showbreak=>

" For usual moving behaviour in wrapped lines
map j gj
map k gk

"Open last/alternate buffer
noremap <Leader><Leader> <C-^>

" Reselect visual block after indent/outdent
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

" delete Text and go switch to insert mode between HTML-Tags (yes you can do this with ci< too)
map <Leader>< F>lct<

" Use fj or jf as <Esc> alternative
inoremap fj <esc>
inoremap jf <esc>

"Resize splits when the window is resized
au VimResized * exe "normal! \<c-w>="

" make it easy to resize windows
map + <C-W>4+
map - <C-W>4-

" use tab to switch buffers
noremap <tab> <C-w>w

" close buffer
map <C-c> <c-w>c

" force saving files that require root permission
cmap w!! %!sudo tee > /dev/null %

" indent whole file jump back to current position
map <Leader>id mmgg=G'm

" center current cursor line
map M zz

" insert new line
nmap t o<ESC>k
nmap T O<ESC>j

" make :W to :w -> no annoying error Message when typend wrong
cnoreabbrev W w

" faster use of the surround plugin
" operates on a normal word w
map <Leader>s csw
" operates on a big word W
map <Leader>S csW
" operates on a line
map <Leader>sl yss

" Use system clipboard for copy and paste
set clipboard=unnamed

" Filetype mappings
map <Leader>fh :set ft=html<cr>
map <Leader>fj :set ft=javascript<cr>
map <Leader>fr :set ft=ruby<cr>
map <Leader>fl :set ft=tex<cr>
map <Leader>fp :set ft=php<cr>
map <Leader>fs :set ft=sql<cr>

" quick commit the current file with the fugitive plugin
map <Leader>gh :w<cr>:Gwrite<cr>:Gcommit<cr>i

" Buffers
map <Leader>bd :bd<cr>
map <Leader>bn :bn<cr>
map <Leader>bp :bp<cr>
map <Leader>bo :only<cr>