darkcloud-vimconfig/vim/config/settings.vim

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"  Darkcloud Vim Config: main settings                       "
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"  By: Kevin MacMartin (prurigro@gmail.com)                  "
"  Website: https://github.com/prurigro/darkcloud-vimconfig  "
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"  License: MIT                                              "
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"GVIM SETTINGS: {{{
    set guicursor+=a:blinkon0 "disable the blinking cursor
    set guioptions=e "use the gui to render the list of open tabs
    set guioptions+=g "make inactive menu items grey
    set guioptions+=i "have the gui use the vim icon
    set guioptions+=p "enable pointer callbacks for X11 (required by some WMs)
    set guioptions+=h "prevent the cursor jumping to the longest line while scrolling
    set guioptions+=l "enable left-hand scrollbars
    set guioptions+=R "enable right-hand scrollbars when there's a split window
    set guioptions+=b "enable bottom scrollbars
"}}}

"COMPATIBILITY SETTINGS: {{{
    set nocompatible "disable vi-compatibility settings
    set backspace=indent,eol,start "enables/configures standard backspace behaviour

    "use the '*' register as well as the the '+' register if it's available too
    set clipboard=unnamed
    if has('unnamedplus')|set clipboard+=unnamedplus|endif

    "fancy mouse reporting with xterm2 fallback
    if has("mouse_sgr")|set ttymouse=sgr|else|set ttymouse=xterm2|endif
    set mouse=a "enables mouse functionality with extended capabilities

    "8 colours in $TERM=linux, 256 elsewhere
    if $TERM =~ '^linux$'|set t_Co=8|elseif !has("gui_running")|set t_Co=256|endif
    set ttyfast "assume a fast connection to the terminal for better rendering

    "configure to primarily use utf8
    if has("multi_byte")
        if &termencoding == ""|let &termencoding = &encoding|endif
        set encoding=utf-8
        setglobal fileencoding=utf-8
    endif
    set fileformats=unix,dos,mac "set compatible line endings in order of preference
"}}}

"GENERAL SETTINGS: {{{
    "FILETYPES: {{{
        filetype plugin indent on "enable filetype-based auto-indentation
        syntax on "enable syntax highlighting
        set formatoptions=roqnl12 "how automatic formatting is to be done
        set diffopt=foldcolumn:0,filler "vimdiff default settings
        set foldmethod=syntax foldcolumn=1 foldlevel=5 "fold layers 5 or more deep
    "}}}

    "USER INTERFACE: {{{
        set laststatus=2 showcmd statusline=%F%m%r%h%w[%L][%{&ff}]%y[%p%%][%04l,%04v] "statusline init and config
        set number "enable line numbers
        set nowrap "disable line wrapping
        set cursorline cursorcolumn "enable row/column highlighting
        set visualbell "notify visually instead of with an audible bell
        set splitright "add new tiles on the right (and not left) when added
        set scrolloff=0 sidescrolloff=0 "start scrolling if the cursor is one position away from the edge
        set list listchars=tab:>-,trail:- "display tabs as: >-- and trailing spaces as: -
        set showmatch "show matching open bracket when closed bracket is inserted
        set matchtime=5 "the amount of time before the matching bracket will highlight
        let &showbreak="" "character to prepend to wrapped lines when linewrapping is enabled

        "enable tab completion in command mode and configure how it handles extensions
        set completeopt=longest,menuone
        set wildmenu
        set wildmode=list:longest,full
        set wildignore=*.dll,*.o,*.obj,*.bak,*.exe,*.pyc,*.jpg,*.gif,*.png
        set suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc
    "}}}

    "BEHAVIOUR: {{{
        set autochdir "change to a file's directory when it's opened
        set history=250 "size of the undo history
        set whichwrap=b,s,<,>,[,] "scrolling left/right off current line wraps to the next/previous
        set smarttab expandtab autoindent tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 "configure tabs
        set hlsearch incsearch ignorecase smartcase "configure how search behaves
        set timeoutlen=500 ttimeoutlen=0 "shorten the timeout length of escapes

        "enable the auto-creation of missing folders in a save path
        function s:MakeNewDir(fullpath, buf)
            if empty(getbufvar(a:buf,'&buftype')) && a:fullpath!~#'\v^\w+\:\/'
                let dirpath=fnamemodify(a:fullpath,':h')
                if !isdirectory(dirpath)|call mkdir(dirpath,'p')|endif
            endif
        endfunction
        augroup WriteDir
            autocmd!
            autocmd BufWritePre * :call s:MakeNewDir(expand('<afile>'),+expand('<abuf>'))
        augroup END
    "}}}
"}}}