minimal-vimrc.vim

"
" A (not so) minimal vimrc.
"

" You want Vim, not vi. When Vim finds a vimrc, 'nocompatible' is set anyway.
" We set it explicitely to make our position clear!
set nocompatible

filetype plugin indent on  " Load plugins according to detected filetype.
syntax on                  " Enable syntax highlighting.

set autoindent             " Indent according to previous line.
set expandtab              " Use spaces instead of tabs.
set softtabstop =4         " Tab key indents by 4 spaces.
set shiftwidth  =4         " >> indents by 4 spaces.
set shiftround             " >> indents to next multiple of 'shiftwidth'.

set backspace   =indent,eol,start  " Make backspace work as you would expect.
set hidden                 " Switch between buffers without having to save first.
set laststatus  =2         " Always show statusline.
set display     =lastline  " Show as much as possible of the last line.

set showmode               " Show current mode in command-line.
set showcmd                " Show already typed keys when more are expected.

set incsearch              " Highlight while searching with / or ?.
set hlsearch               " Keep matches highlighted.

set ttyfast                " Faster redrawing.
set lazyredraw             " Only redraw when necessary.

set splitbelow             " Open new windows below the current window.
set splitright             " Open new windows right of the current window.

set cursorline             " Find the current line quickly.
set wrapscan               " Searches wrap around end-of-file.
set report      =0         " Always report changed lines.
set synmaxcol   =200       " Only highlight the first 200 columns.

set list                   " Show non-printable characters.
if has('multi_byte') && &encoding ==# 'utf-8'
  let &listchars = 'tab:▸ ,extends:❯,precedes:❮,nbsp:±'
else
  let &listchars = 'tab:> ,extends:>,precedes:<,nbsp:.'
endif

" The fish shell is not very compatible to other shells and unexpectedly
" breaks things that use 'shell'.
if &shell =~# 'fish$'
  set shell=/bin/bash
endif

" Put all temporary files under the same directory.
" https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore#handling-backup-swap-undo-and-viminfo-files
set backup
set backupdir   =$HOME/.vim/files/backup//
set backupext   =-vimbackup
set backupskip  =
set directory   =$HOME/.vim/files/swap//
set updatecount =100
set undofile
set undodir     =$HOME/.vim/files/undo//
set viminfo     ='100,n$HOME/.vim/files/info/viminfo