" Don't make any effort to be compatible with vi, use more sensible settings
set nocompatible

" Use UTF-8 by default wherever possible, including in this file
if has('multi_byte')
  set encoding=utf-8
  scriptencoding utf-8
endif

" Load configuration files from ~/.vim/config or its analogue, before Pathogen
" loads all its directories into 'runtimepath'
runtime! config/*.vim

" If our version isn't ancient and Pathogen is available, call it to load all
" the plugins in .vim/bundle; these are saved as submodules
if v:version >= 701
  silent! call pathogen#infect()
  silent! call pathogen#helptags()
endif

" Load plugins for file types
if has('autocmd')
  filetype plugin on
endif

" Options dependent on the syntax feature
if has('syntax')

  " Use syntax highlighting with 100 lines of context
  silent! syntax enable
  silent! syntax sync minlines=100

  " Use my custom color scheme if possible, otherwise I'm happy with whatever
  " the default is, and it usually cares about my background
  set background=dark
  silent! colorscheme sahara
endif

" Use all ancestors of current directory for :find
if has('file_in_path')
  set path=**
endif

" Don't try to complete strings from included files, just use the strings in
" the open buffers; I'll open the file if I want to complete from it
set complete-=i

" Try Mac line-endings if UNIX or DOS don't make sense; this has never
" happened to me but who knows, it might one day
set fileformats+=mac

" Don't jump my screen around when I join lines, keep my cursor in the same
" place; this is done by dropping a mark first and then immediately returning
" to it; note that it wipes out your z mark, if you happen to use it
nnoremap J mzJ`z

" Don't show the Vim startup message, I have registered Vim and donated to
" Uganda
set shortmess+=I

" Let me backspace over pretty much anything, even if it's not text I inserted
" in the current session
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" Don't use modelines at all, they're apparently potential security problems
" and I've never used them anyway
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
set nrformats-=octal

" Always use forward slashes, I very seldom need to use Vim on Windows for
" more than scratch space anyway
set shellslash

" If the Vim buffer for a file doesn't have any changes and Vim detects the
" file has been altered, quietly update it
set autoread

" Save a file automatically if I change buffers or perform operations with the
" argument list; this is particularly helpful for me as I don't use 'hidden'
set autowrite

" Allow the cursor to get to the top or bottom of the screen before scrolling
" vertically, but set a reasonably wide gutter for scrolling horizontally; no
" particular reason, just suits me better
set scrolloff=0
set sidescrolloff=16

" Preserve the flags for a pattern when repeating a substitution with &; I don't
" really understand why this isn't a default, but there it is
nnoremap & :&&<CR>
vnoremap & :&&<CR>

" When in visual block mode, let me move the cursor anywhere in the buffer;
" don't restrict me only to regions with text
if has('virtualedit')
  set virtualedit+=block
endif

" Use the tilde as an operator with motions, rather than just swapping the
" case of the character under the cursor
set tildeop

" I really like ZZ and ZQ, so I wrote a couple more mappings; ZW forces a
" write of the current buffer, but doesn't quit, and ZA forces a write of all
" buffers but doesn't quit
nnoremap ZW :w!<CR>
nnoremap ZA :wa!<CR>

" 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
nnoremap Y y$

" Allow jumping between windows and tabs to find an open instance of a given
" buffer with :sbuffer.
if v:version >= 701
  set switchbuf=useopen,usetab
else
  set switchbuf=useopen
endif

" Fedora's default environment adds a few auto commands that I don't like,
" including the 'return to previous position in buffer' one; fortunately
" they're nice enough to group the commands, so I can just clear them
if has('autocmd')
  augroup fedora
    autocmd!
  augroup END
endif