" Keep plenty of command and search history, because disk space is cheap
set history=2000

" Always tell me the number of lines changed by a command
set report=0

" Command-line based features
if has('cmdline_info')

  " Show my current position in the status bar
  set ruler

  " Show the keystrokes being entered in the screen
  set showcmd

  " Show the mode we're using if not normal mode (e.g. --INSERT--)
  set showmode
endif

" Don't write the output of :make to the terminal
set shellpipe=>

" Always use forward slashes, I very seldom need to use Vim on Windows for
" more than scratch space anyway
if exists('+shellslash')
  set shellslash
endif

" \d inserts the current local date from date(1)
nnoremap <silent>
      \ <Leader>d
      \ :<C-U>read !date<CR>
" \D inserts the current UTC date from date(1)
nnoremap <silent>
      \ <Leader>D
      \ :<C-U>read !date -u<CR>

" \m fires up mutt with either the whole buffer or the text
function s:Mutt()
  let l:tf = tempname()
  execute 'write '.fnameescape(l:tf)
  execute '!mutt -i '.shellescape(l:tf)
endfunction
nnoremap <silent>
      \ <Leader>m
      \ :<C-U>call <SID>Mutt()<CR>