Or, say you want soft tabs instead of hard ones (see converting tabs to spaces):
set modeline " Respect other people's options (when a modeline is present)
set encoding=utf-8 " Use UTF-8 (8-bit variable width Unicode)
" indenting options
set autoindent " Keep the indent level when hitting Return
set smartindent " Use smart indenting (mostly useful for C/C++ files)
set cindent " Don't indent Python really poorly
set tabstop=4 " Make tabs appear four spaces wide (default is 8 spaces)
set shiftwidth=4
set noexpandtab " Use hard tabs please! Watch out for files with soft tabs
" that don't have a modeline present, especially Python files.
set fo=tcoqan " Options for formatting text (i.e. for use with gq)
" UI stuff
set showmatch " Show matching parens as they come up
set ruler " Show the column number in the status bar
set incsearch " Find as you type
set lz " Don't redraw the screen in the middle of executing macros
set nohlsearch " Highlighting search terms is _really_ annoying
behave xterm " Just in case...
set wrap " Display files with word wrap, but don't actually insert newlines
" (Set by default)... so lines don't go off edge
set lbr " Wrap only at word boundaries (default is at any character)
syntax enable " Who wouldn't want syntax highlighting?
" Only allow folds that are manually set
set foldmethod=manual
" Make our folds look like how they were when we exited vim last time.
set viminfo=s1,<1024,'1024,/1024,:1024,@1024,c,f1,%,n~/.viminfo
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if expand("<afile>:p:h") !=? $TEMP |
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g`\"" |
\ let b:doopenfold = 1 |
\ endif |
\ endif
" Need to postpone using "zv" until after reading the modelines
autocmd BufWinEnter *
\ if exists("b:doopenfold") |
\ unlet b:doopenfold |
\ exe "normal zv" |
\ endif
set nocompatible " Don't act like SysV vi
set shell=/bin/bash " Use this shell to execute commands
filetype plugin indent on " ability to run different vimrcs on different filetypes
set autoread " When a file has been detected to have been changed outside of Vim and
" it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
set mouse=a " Have mouse operate in all modes -- disable mouse by holding the shift key
set ttyfast " Tell vim to optimize for a fast terminal; will be on by
" default if your $TERM is xterm or screen, but could be
" turned off if you use a weird terminal (e.g. 'screen-bce').
" Set 'nottyfast' for slow SSH connections.
set history=50
set showmode " show what mode (e.g. INSERT) you're in
set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line
set backspace=indent,eol,start " explicitly makes the backspace work when at the beginning of a line
nmap <C-N><C-N> :set invnumber <CR> " Press Ctrl-N twice to toggle line numbers in the left margin
"splits
set wmh=0 " allow splits with 0 lines open
map <C-J> <C-W>j<C-W>_ " Hit C-j to move the current split down and maximize it
map <C-K> <C-W>k<C-W>_ " Hit C-k to move the current split up and maximize it
" cycling through tabs
map <C-H> <C-PageUp>
map <C-L> <C-PageDown>
imap <C-H> <C-PageUp>
imap <C-L> <C-PageDown>
set title " sets title of terminal in menubar to that of file currently being edited
set ignorecase " perform case-insensitive searches...
set smartcase " ... unless there are capitalized characters in the search pattern
set mousehide " hide the mouse when editing
set exrc " eliminates the possibility of another .exrc getting confused with mine on multi-user systems
set bg=light "this almost always looks better -- take this out or set it to dark if things look funny
" for common typos
command! Q quit
command! W write
command! Wq wq
cabbrev Set <c-r>=(getcmdtype()==':' && getcmdpos()==1 ? 'set' : 'Set')<CR>
set expandtab "soft tabs
set tabstop=2 "set tabstops
set shiftwidth=2 "set shiftwidth
set softtabstop=2 "delete this many spaces upon deleting soft tab
More stuff from Rajiv:
set directory=/var/tmp,/tmp " put all the backup stuff in tmp directories
set shortmess+=A " no swap file complaints
set nobackup " don't litter directories with swap files
" move across rows, not lines
noremap j gj
noremap k gk
noremap gk k
noremap gj j
set display=lastline " ??????????????
syntax sync fromstart " always render syntax from the beginning of the file
au! BufRead,BufNewFile * lcd %:p:h " cd into the directory of the file you're editing
set vb t_vb= " no visual bell
