shell-things/rc/vimrc

" I probably don't need to have Vi compatibility.
set nocompatible

" Show syntax colours
syntax on

set showcmd		" Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch	" Show matching brackets.
set ignorecase	" Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase	" Do smart case matching
"set incsearch	" Incremental search
set autowrite	" Automatically save before commands like :next and :make
set hidden		" Hide buffers when they are abandoned
"set mouse=a	" Enable mouse usage (all modes)

" Source a global configuration file if available
if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")
		source /etc/vim/vimrc.local
endif

set number		" Show line numbers.

set ruler		" Show the line and column number of the cursor position,
				" separated by a comma.

set background=dark

"Use modelines!
set modeline
set tabstop=4	"four spaces is likely a tab
"set shiftwidth=4
set noexpandtab
set autoindent

" Longer history
set history=1000

" Extended % matching
runtime macros/matchit.vim

" Make tab filler useful.
" INVESTIGATE WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES?
set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest

" Flash, do not beep!
set visualbell

" gvim has light background
if has('gui_running')
	set background=light
endif

" Show hidden characters via
" http://www.perturb.org/display/679_Make_Vim_show_hidden_characters.html
set invlist

"Prefer to UNIX line endings, but understand DOS too.
set fileformats=unix,dos

"Use UTF-8!
set encoding=utf-8
set fileencoding=utf-8

" Remove BOMs. They broke things yesterday and now they wasted my time
" at school! 
" via http://techwelkin.com/how-to-remove-byte-order-mark-bom-characters
set nobomb

filetype plugin indent on

" Return to last edit position when opening files (You want this!)
autocmd BufReadPost *
	 \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
	 \	 exe "normal! g`\"" |
	 \ endif

" dos2unix ^M copied from http://stackoverflow.com/a/5361702/1675649
fun! Dos2unixFunction()
	let _s=@/
	let l = line(".")
	let c = col(".")
	try
		set ff=unix
		w!
		"%s/\%x0d$//e
	catch /E32:/
		echo "Sorry, the file is not saved."
	endtry
	let @/=_s
	call cursor(l, c)
endfun
com! Dos2Unix keepjumps call Dos2unixFunction()
au BufReadPost * keepjumps call Dos2unixFunction()

" Highlight all search results
set hlsearch