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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
" own without the accompanying plugins to which it refers near the end of this
" file, but you'll get errors for some of the leader maps, for example.
-" Load filetype-specific plugins, indent settings, and syntax highlighting
+" Load filetype settings and plugins
if has('autocmd')
filetype plugin indent on
endif
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ if has('syntax') && !has('g:syntax_on')
" Use syntax highlighting
syntax enable
- " Use the 'sahara' colorscheme if using the GUI or if we have 256 colors
+ " Use my colorscheme if using the GUI or if we have 256 colors
if has('gui_running') || &t_Co >= 256
silent! colorscheme sahara
endif
- " If we couldn't use 'sahara', just flag a dark background (the author is
- " almost certainly using one), and we'll use the default colorscheme
+ " If not sahara, then default with dark background
if !exists('g:colors_name')
set background=dark
endif
@@ -29,16 +28,21 @@ if has('syntax') && !has('g:syntax_on')
endif
" The all-important default indent settings; filetypes to tweak
-set autoindent " Use indent of previous line on new lines
-set expandtab " Use spaces instead of tabs
-set shiftround " Round indenting to multiples of 4
-set shiftwidth=4 " Indent with four spaces
-set softtabstop=4 " Insert four spaces for a Tab press
+set autoindent " Use indent of previous line on new lines
+set expandtab " Use spaces instead of tabs
+set shiftround " Round indenting to multiples of 'shiftwidth'
+set shiftwidth=4 " Indent with four spaces
+
+" Spaces to insert on Tab key insert
+if v:version > 703 || v:version == 703 && has('patch693')
+ set softtabstop=-1 " Refer to 'shifwidth' if supported
+else
+ set softtabstop=4 " Otherwise just four spaces
+endif
" Let me backspace over pretty much anything
-set backspace=
-set backspace+=indent " Spaces from 'autoindent'
set backspace+=eol " Line breaks
+set backspace+=indent " Spaces from 'autoindent'
set backspace+=start " The start of current insertion
" Never use any kind of bell, visual or not
@@ -48,215 +52,164 @@ else
set visualbell t_vb=
endif
-" Start with blank comment strings rather than the old default; let the
-" filetype handle it
+" Clear default comment string, let the filetype handle it
set comments=
-" Show only one line of @ symbols for a truncated last line if possible, and
-" show none at all if not
+" How to deal with lines wrapping beyond the last screen row
if v:version > 704 || v:version == 704 && has('patch2109')
- set display=truncate
+ set display=truncate " Show '@@@' on the last line, if supported
else
- set display=lastline
+ set display=lastline " Just let it run off the screen if not
endif
-" Don't wait to see if Escape in insert mode precedes a key for an Alt binding
+" Don't wait for a key after Escape in insert mode
set noesckeys
-" Try to set the 'j' flag for 'formatoptions', to automatically delete comment
-" leaders when joining lines, if supported
+" Delete comment leaders when joining lines, if supported
if v:version > 703 || v:version == 703 && has('patch541')
set formatoptions+=j
endif
-" Don't join lines with two spaces at the end of sentences; I don't two-space,
-" despite the noble Steve Losh's exhortations
+" Don't join lines with two spaces at the end of sentences
set nojoinspaces
-" Don't bother drawing the screen while executing macros or other automated or
-" scripted processes, just draw the screen as it is when the operation
-" completes
+" Don't redraw the screen during batch execution
set lazyredraw
-" Define list characters
+" Define extra 'list' display characters
set listchars+=extends:> " Unwrapped text to screen right
set listchars+=precedes:< " Unwrapped text to screen left
set listchars+=tab:>- " Tab characters, preserve width
set listchars+=trail:_ " Trailing spaces
-" Add angle brackets to pairs of characters to match
+" Add angle brackets to pairs of matched characters
set matchpairs+=<:>
-" Don't use modelines at all, they're apparently potential security problems
-" and I've never used them anyway
+" Don't allow setting options via buffer content
set nomodeline
-" Don't assume a number with a leading zero is octal; it's far more likely a
-" zero-padded decimal, so increment and decrement with ^A and ^X on that basis
+" Treat numbers with a leading zero as decimal, not octal
set nrformats-=octal
" Always tell me the number of lines changed by a command
set report=0
-" Set up short message settings
-set shortmess=
-set shortmess+=f " (file 3 of 5) -> (3 of 5)
-set shortmess+=i " [Incomplete last line] -> [noeol]
-set shortmess+=I " I donated to Uganda, thanks Bram
-set shortmess+=l " 999 lines, 888 characters -> 999L, 888C
+" Abbreviate some more regularly displayed messages
+set shortmess+=I " Don't show startup splash screen
set shortmess+=m " [Modified] -> [+]
-set shortmess+=n " [New File] -> [New]
-set shortmess+=o " Don't stack file writing messages
-set shortmess+=O " Don't stack file reading messages
set shortmess+=r " [readonly] -> [RO]
-set shortmess+=t " Truncate file message at start if too long
-set shortmess+=T " Truncate other message in middle if too long
set shortmess+=w " written -> [w], appended -> [a]
-set shortmess+=x " [dos format] -> [dos]
-" Default to no swap files at all, let auto_cache_dirs.vim set it
-set noswapfile
-
-" Don't wrap by default, but use \w to toggle it on or off
-set nowrap
-
-" Show my current position in the status bar, default format is fine
+" Show my current position in the status bar
if has('cmdline_info')
set ruler
endif
-" Highlight settings for search, if available
+" Highlight settings for search
if has('extra_search')
set hlsearch " Highlight completed searches...
nohlsearch " ...but clear it on startup or after re-sourcing
set incsearch " Show matches as I type
endif
-" Use all ancestors of current directory for :find
+" Use whole tree from current directory for :find
if has('file_in_path')
set path+=**
endif
-" Don't load menus at all in GUI mode; needs to be set here, before gVim
-" actually starts up
+" Don't load GUI menus; set here before GUI starts
if has('gui_running')
set guioptions+=M
endif
-" Line break settings and mappings
+" Line break behaviour settings for 'wrap'
if has('linebreak')
+ set linebreak " Break lines at word boundaries
+ set showbreak=... " Prefix wrapped rows with three dots
- " Break lines at word boundaries if possible
- set linebreak
-
- " Precede continued lines with '...'
- set showbreak=...
-
- " If we have the option, indent wrapped lines as much as the first line
+ " Indent wrapped lines, if supported
if exists('+breakindent')
set breakindent
endif
endif
-" Use New Zealand English by default; binding later in this file allow
-" masquerading as a Yankee
-if has('spell')
- set spelllang=en_nz
-endif
-
-" When in visual block mode, let me move the cursor anywhere in the buffer;
-" don't restrict me only to regions with text
+" Let me move beyond buffer text in visual block mode
if has('virtualedit')
set virtualedit+=block
endif
-" Configuration for the command completion feature; rather than merely cycling
-" through possible completions with Tab, show them above the command line
+" Nicer completion for command mode
if has('wildmenu')
+ set wildmenu " Use wildmenu
+ set wildmode=list:longest " Tab press completes and lists
- " Use the wild menu, both completing and showing all possible completions
- " with a single Tab press, just as I've configured Bash to do
- set wildmenu
- set wildmode=list:longest
-
- " Complete files without case sensitivity, if the option is available
+ " Complete files without case sensitivity, if supported
if exists('+wildignorecase')
set wildignorecase
endif
endif
-" Configuration for window features
+" New windows go below or to the right of a split
if has('windows')
-
- " Don't resize windows we're not splitting (tmux-like; think Mondrian)
- set noequalalways
-
- " New split windows appear below or to the right of the existing window,
- " not above or to the left per the default
set splitbelow
if has('vertsplit')
set splitright
endif
-
- " Get rid of visually noisy folding characters
- if has('folding')
- let &fillchars = 'diff: ,fold: ,vert: '
- endif
-
endif
-" Rebind Ctrl-C in insert mode to undo the current insert operation
-inoremap <C-C> <C-C>u
-
-" Rebind <Space> in normal mode as a lazy scroll
+" Rebind normal, visual <Space> to scroll down a page
nnoremap <Space> <C-F>
+if v:version >= 700
+ xnoremap <Space> <C-F>
+endif
-" Preserve the flags for a pattern when repeating a substitution with &
+" Rebind normal, visual & to preserve substitution flags
nnoremap <silent> & :<C-U>&&<CR>
-vnoremap <silent> & :<C-U>&&<CR>
+if v:version >= 700
+ xnoremap <silent> & :&&<CR>
+endif
-" Pressing ^L will clear highlighting until the next search-related operation
+" Stack insert Ctrl-C to undo the escaped insert operation
+inoremap <C-C> <C-C>u
+
+" Stack normal, visual Ctrl-L to clear search highlight before redraw
nnoremap <silent> <C-L> :<C-U>nohlsearch<CR><C-L>
+if v:version >= 700
+ xnoremap <silent> <C-L> :<C-U>nohlsearch<CR>gv<C-L>
+endif
-" Cycle through things with unimpaired.vim-style bindings:
-" Buffers
+" Cycle through argument list
+nnoremap [a :<C-U>previous<CR>
+nnoremap ]a :<C-U>next<CR>
+" Cycle through buffers
nnoremap [b :<C-U>bprevious<CR>
nnoremap ]b :<C-U>bnext<CR>
-" Quicklist items (more often :helpgrep results)
+" Cycle through quicklist/:helpgrep items
nnoremap [c :<C-U>cprevious<CR>
nnoremap ]c :<C-U>cnext<CR>
-" Location list items
+" Cycle through location list items
nnoremap [l :<C-U>lprevious<CR>
nnoremap ]l :<C-U>lnext<CR>
-" Insert blank lines above and below via my custom unimpaired.vim rip
+" Insert blank lines around current line
nmap [<Space> <Plug>PutBlankLinesAbove
nmap ]<Space> <Plug>PutBlankLinesBelow
-" Swap the j/gj and k/gk command pairs so that we move by screen row, not
-" buffer line, with j/k
-nnoremap j gj
-nnoremap k gk
-nnoremap gj j
-nnoremap gk k
-
-" Change and delete with C and D both cut off the remainder of the line from
-" the cursor, but Y yanks the whole line, which is inconsistent (and can be
-" done with yy anyway); this fixes it so it only yanks the rest of the line
+" Remap normal Y to yank to end of line (consistent with C, D)
nnoremap Y y$
-" ZA does an unconditional write for all buffers
+" ZA unconditionally writes all buffers
nnoremap ZA :<C-U>wall!<CR>
-" ZW does an unconditional write for this buffer
+" ZW unconditionally writes current buffer
nnoremap ZW :<C-U>write!<CR>
-" A few very important custom digraphs
+" Custom digraphs
if has('digraphs')
- digraph ./ 8230 " Ellipsis (HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS U+2026)
- digraph %% 8984 " Mac command key (PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN U+2318)
- digraph 8: 9731 " Snowman (SNOWMAN U+2603)
+ digraph ./ 8230 " HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS U+2026
+ digraph %% 8984 " PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN U+2318 (Mac command key)
+ digraph 8: 9731 " SNOWMAN U+2603
endif
" Use different keys for global and local leaders
@@ -265,9 +218,8 @@ if 1
let g:maplocalleader = '_'
endif
-" Leader mappings below; we use a literal backslash rather than <Leader> for
-" the mappings here, because I want many of these to work even on tiny
-" stripped-down Vims like Debian's. The settings above are for plugins.
+" Normal mode leader mappings below; use a literal backslash rather than
+" <Leader> so that the non-plugin mappings work on vim-tiny
" \a toggles 'formatoptions' 'a' flag using a plugin
nnoremap \a :<C-U>ToggleOptionFlagLocal formatoptions a<CR>
@@ -278,9 +230,9 @@ nnoremap \c :<C-U>set cursorcolumn! cursorcolumn?<CR>
nnoremap \C :<C-U>set cursorline! cursorline?<CR>
" Current date and time insertion commands, requiring POSIX date(1)
if has('unix')
- " \d: Local date
+ " \d inserts the local date
nnoremap \d :<C-U>read !date<CR>
- " \D: UTC
+ " \D inserts the UTC date
nnoremap \D :<C-U>read !date -u<CR>
endif
" \f shows the current 'formatoptions' at a glance
@@ -306,27 +258,22 @@ nnoremap \r :<C-U>source $MYVIMRC<CR>
nnoremap \s :<C-U>setlocal spell! spell?<CR>
" \t shows current filetype
nnoremap \t :<C-U>set filetype?<CR>
-" \u sets US English spelling
+" \u sets US English spelling (compare \z)
nnoremap \u :<C-U>setlocal spelllang=en_us spelllang?<CR>
" \w toggles wrapping
nnoremap \w :<C-U>set wrap! wrap?<CR>
" \x strips trailing whitespace via a custom plugin
nmap \x <Plug>StripTrailingWhitespace
-" \z sets NZ English spelling
+" \z sets NZ English spelling (compare \u)
nnoremap \z :<C-U>setlocal spelllang=en_nz spelllang?<CR>
-" Add the packaged version of matchit.vim included in the distribution, if
-" possible; plugin/macros.vim loads this for older Vims
+" Add packaged matchit.vim, if supported
if has('packages')
packadd! matchit
endif
-" Disable most core plugin stuff that I don't use; after/plugin/dist.vim
-" clears these variables later
+" Disable core plugins I don't use
if 1
-
- " I use tohtml.vim often
- " I like matchparen.vim
" I manage plugins myself with Git and a Makefile
let g:loaded_getscriptPlugin = 1
let g:loaded_vimballPlugin = 1
@@ -340,11 +287,9 @@ if 1
let g:loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
" I don't use Vim servers
let g:loaded_rrhelper = 1
- " System dictionaries plus custom per-machine spell files are fine
+ " I don't need extra spelling files
let g:loaded_spellfile_plugin = 1
-
endif
-" Source all .vim files from ~/.vim/config, which may override any of the
-" above
+" Source any .vim files from ~/.vim/config
runtime! config/*.vim