.vimrc

set mouse=a " if I accidentally use the mouse
set splitright " splits to the right
set splitbelow " splits below
set expandtab " space characters instead of tab
set tabstop=4 " tab equals 2 spaces
set shiftwidth=4 " indentation
set relativenumber
set number
set ignorecase " search case insensitive
set smartcase " search via smartcase
set incsearch " search incremental
set diffopt+=vertical " starts diff mode in vertical split
set hidden " allow hidden buffers
set nobackup " don't create backup files
set nowritebackup " don't create backup files
set cmdheight=1 " only one line for commands
set shortmess+=c " don't need to press enter so often
set signcolumn=yes " add a column for sings (e.g. LSP, ...)
set updatetime=520 " time until update
set undofile " persists undo tree
set clipboard=unnamedplus " access system clipboard
syntax on
set autoindent " apply the indentation of the current line to the next 
set smartindent " react to the syntax/style of the code

" shortcut to move lines up/down
nnoremap <A-j> :m .+1<CR>==
nnoremap <A-k> :m .-2<CR>==
inoremap <A-j> <Esc>:m .+1<CR>==gi
inoremap <A-k> <Esc>:m .-2<CR>==gi
vnoremap <A-j> :m '>+1<CR>gv=gv
vnoremap <A-k> :m '<-2<CR>gv=gv