set nocompatible "don't need to keep compatibility with Vi

filetype plugin indent on " enable detection, plugins and indenting in one step

syntax on "Turn on syntax highlighting

set background=dark "make vim use colors that look good on a dark background

set showcmd "show incomplete cmds down the bottom

set showmode "show current mode down the bottom

set foldenable "enable folding

set showmatch "set show matching parenthesis

"set noexrc " don't use the local config

"set virtualedit=all "allow the cursor to go in to "invalid" places

set incsearch "find the next match as we type the search

set hlsearch "hilight searches by default

set ignorecase "ignore case when searching

set shiftwidth=4 "number of spaces to use in each autoindent step

set tabstop=4 "two tab spaces

set softtabstop=2 "number of spaces to skip or insert when <BS>ing or <Tab>ing

set expandtab "spaces instead of tabs for better cross-editor compatibility

set smarttab "use shiftwidth and softtabstop to insert or delete (on <BS>) blanks

set cindent "recommended seting for automatic C-style indentation

set autoindent "automatic indentation in non-C files

set nowrap "no wrapping

set copyindent "copy the previous indentation on autoindenting

set backspace=indent,eol,start "allow backspacing over everything in insert mode

set noerrorbells "don't make noise

set shiftround "when at 3 spaces, and I hit > ... go to 4, not 5

set cursorline "underline the current line in the file

set cursorcolumn "highlight the current column. Visible in GUI mode only.

set wildmenu "make tab completion act more like bash

set wildmode=list:longest "tab complete to longest common string, like bash

set mouse-=a "disable mouse automatically entering visual mode

set wrap! "Word wrap on

set bs=2

set number "Show line numbers

set hidden "allow hiding buffers with unsaved changes

set cmdheight=2 "make the command line a little taller to hide "press enter to viem more" text

set laststatus=2

set backupdir=$HOME/.vim/backup//

set directory=$HOME/.vim/backup//

let mapleader = "," "remap leader to ',' which is much easier than '\'

" Open NERDTree with [,d]

map <Leader>d :NERDTreeToggle<CR> :set number<CR>

set pastetoggle=<F2> " Press F2 in insert mode to preserve tabs when pasting from clipboard into terminal

map <F3> :tabp<CR> " next tab

map <F4> :tabn<CR> " previous tab

set list " we do what to show tabs, to ensure we get them

" out of my files

set listchars=tab:»\ ,trail:- " show tabs and trailing

" fun experiment but obviously not my thing.

"map <down> <ESC>:bn<RETURN>

"map <left> <ESC>:NERDTreeToggle<RETURN>

"map <right> <ESC>:Tlist<RETURN>

"map <up> <ESC>:bp<RETURN>

colorscheme vividchalk

set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w[%L][%{&ff}]%y[%p%%][%04l,%04v]

" | | | | | | | | | | |

" | | | | | | | | | | + current

" | | | | | | | | | | column

" | | | | | | | | | +-- current line

" | | | | | | | | +-- current % into file

" | | | | | | | +-- current syntax in

" | | | | | | | square brackets

" | | | | | | +-- current fileformat

" | | | | | +-- number of lines

" | | | | +-- preview flag in square brackets

" | | | +-- help flag in square brackets

" | | +-- readonly flag in square brackets

" | +-- rodified flag in square brackets

" +-- full path to file in the buffer

" }