Fix some issues with the statusline and update the colourscheme

vim/config/after.vim

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ endif
     autocmd BufEnter,FileType help* setlocal nocursorline "remove the horizontal cursor line
 
     "load help in an 80 char vertical split if the window is wider than 140 characters, otherwise load horizontally at 33% of the height
-    autocmd BufEnter,FileType help* if &columns >= 140|wincmd L|vertical resize 80|else|wincmd j|sp|wincmd =|q|wincmd k|endif
+    autocmd BufEnter,FileType help* if (&columns >= 140)|wincmd L|vertical resize 80|else|wincmd j|sp|wincmd =|q|wincmd k|endif
 
     "settings for buffers in diff mode
     autocmd VimEnter,FilterWritePre * if &diff|setlocal nofoldenable|endif

vim/config/keyboard.vim

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 "      <Ctrl-Y>               | (I) -> paste what's been cut during input
 "
 "  (autocompletion)
-"    <Ctrl-m>,                | (A) -> enter after emmet 'word' (ie: html:5)
+"    <Alt-m>,                 | (A) -> enter after emmet 'word' (ie: html:5)
 "    <Enter>                  | (I) -> (neocomp) close the popup and <Enter>
 "    <Tab>                    | (I) -> (neocomp) select/cycle popup completion
 "    <Backspace>              | (I) -> (neocomp) close the popup and <Backspace>

vim/config/plugins.vim

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 "  licensed with the MIT license.
 "
 
+"use utf-8 encoding to load the script as it contains utf-8 characters
+scriptencoding utf-8
+
 "INITIALIZE PLUGINS: {{{
     "create missing plugin config files and directories
     if exists('*mkdir')|if !isdirectory(glob("~/.vim/tags_by_filetype"))|call mkdir(glob("~/.vim/tags_by_filetype"),'p')|endif|endif
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@
     let g:user_emmet_install_global=0
     let g:use_emmet_complete_tag=1
     let g:user_emmet_mode='a'
+    let g:user_emmet_leader_key='<A-m>'
 
     autocmd FileType aspnet,html,xhtml,php,css,javascript,json EmmetInstall
 
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@
     endfunction
 
     function! LLReadonly()
-        return &ft !~? 'help' && &readonly ? 'RO' : ''
+        return &ft !~? 'help' && &readonly ? '🔒' : ''
     endfunction
 
     function! LLFilename()
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@
     endfunction
 
     function! LLFiletype()
-        return winwidth(0) > 70 ? (strlen(&filetype) ? &filetype : 'no ft') : ''
+        return winwidth(0) > 70 ? (strlen(&filetype) ? &filetype : 'none') : ''
     endfunction
 
     function! LLFileencoding()
@@ -414,38 +418,37 @@
     endif
 
     "ligtline theme {{{
-        let s:base3 = '#eaeaea'
-        let s:base23 = '#d0d0d0'
-        let s:base2 = '#c6c6c6'
-        let s:base1 = '#b2b2b2'
-        let s:base0 = '#949494'
-        let s:base00 = '#767676'
-        let s:base01 = '#606060'
-        let s:base02 = '#4e4e4e'
-        let s:base023 = '#303030'
-        let s:darkblue = '#005fff'
-        let s:red = '#d75f5f'
-        let s:orange = '#ffaf00'
-        let s:yellow = '#ffd787'
-        let s:green = '#5faf00'
-        let s:cyan = '#d7ffff'
-        let s:blue = '#87d7ff'
-        let s:p = {'normal': {}, 'inactive': {}, 'insert': {}, 'replace': {}, 'visual': {}, 'tabline': {}}
-        let s:p.normal.left = [ [ s:base023, s:blue ], [ s:base3, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.normal.right = [ [ s:base02, s:base1 ], [ s:base2, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.inactive.right = [ [ s:base02, s:base0 ], [ s:base1, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.inactive.left =  [ [ s:base02, s:base0 ], [ s:base00, s:darkblue ] ]
-        let s:p.insert.left = [ [ s:base023, s:red ], [ s:base3, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.replace.left = [ [ s:base023, s:orange ], [ s:base3, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.visual.left = [ [ s:base023, s:yellow ], [ s:base3, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.normal.middle = [ [ s:base1, s:base02 ] ]
-        let s:p.inactive.abmiddle = [ [ s:base0, s:base02 ] ]
-        let s:p.tabline.left = [ [ s:base2, s:base01 ] ]
-        let s:p.tabline.tabsel = [ [ s:base2, s:base023 ] ]
-        let s:p.tabline.middle = [ [ s:base01, s:base1 ] ]
+        let s:base0 = '#262626'
+        let s:base1 = '#303030'
+        let s:base2 = '#767676'
+        let s:base3 = '#949494'
+        let s:base4 = '#b2b2b2'
+        let s:base5 = '#c6c6c6'
+        let s:base6 = '#eaeaea'
+
+        let s:rcol = '#d75f5f'
+        let s:ycol = '#ffd787'
+        let s:bcol = '#87d7ff'
+
+        let s:p = {'normal':{},'inactive':{},'insert':{},'replace':{},'visual':{},'tabline':{}}
+
+        let s:p.normal.left = [[ s:bcol,s:base1 ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.normal.right = [[ s:base1,s:base4 ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.inactive.left =  [[ s:base6,s:base0 ],[ s:base4,s:base1 ]]
+        let s:p.inactive.right = [[ s:base1,s:base4 ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.insert.left = [[ s:rcol,s:base1 ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.replace.left = [[ s:base1,s:rcol ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.visual.left = [[ s:ycol,s:base1 ],[ s:base6,s:base0 ]]
+
+        let s:p.normal.middle = [[ s:base4,s:base1 ]]
+        let s:p.inactive.abmiddle = [[ s:base3,s:base1 ]]
+        let s:p.tabline.left = [[ s:base5,s:base0 ]]
+        let s:p.tabline.tabsel = [[ s:base5,s:base1 ]]
+        let s:p.tabline.middle = [[ s:base0,s:base4 ]]
         let s:p.tabline.right = copy(s:p.normal.right)
-        let s:p.normal.error = [ [ s:red, s:base023 ] ]
-        let s:p.normal.warning = [ [ s:yellow, s:base02 ] ]
+        let s:p.normal.error = [[ s:rcol,s:base1 ]]
+        let s:p.normal.warning = [[ s:ycol,s:base1 ]]
+
         let g:lightline#colorscheme#darkcloud#palette = lightline#colorscheme#fill(s:p)
     "}}}
 "}}}

vim/config/settings.vim

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
     "USER INTERFACE: {{{
         set laststatus=2 showcmd statusline=%F%m%r%h%w[%L][%{&ff}]%y[%p%%][%04l,%04v] "statusline init and config
+        set noshowmode "don't display mode information handled by lightline
         set lazyredraw "don't redraw the screen while macros are executing
         set noequalalways "don't force splits to be equal in size when closing or opening one
         set number "enable line numbers