" Tom Ryder (tejr)'s vimrc: <https://sanctum.geek.nz/cgit/dotfiles.git>
"
" This file is not truly self-contained; it should run without errors on its
" 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.
" Use UTF-8 by default wherever possible
if has('multi_byte')
set encoding=utf-8
scriptencoding utf-8
endif
" Use different keys for global and local leaders
if has('eval')
let g:mapleader = '\'
let g:maplocalleader = '_'
endif
" Load filetype settings, including filetype plugins and indent settings
if has('autocmd')
filetype plugin indent on
endif
" Options dependent on the syntax feature
if has('syntax') && !has('g:syntax_on')
" Use syntax highlighting with 150 lines of context
silent! syntax enable
silent! syntax sync minlines=150
" Opinionated; if the author is using color at all, it will probably be with
" a dark background
set background=dark
" The 'sahara' colorscheme only works in the GUI or with 256 colors
if has('gui_running') || &t_Co >= 256
silent! colorscheme sahara
endif
endif
" Let me backspace over pretty much anything
set backspace=
set backspace+=indent " Spaces from 'audoindent'
set backspace+=eol " Line breaks
set backspace+=start " The start of current insertion
" Default to no backup files at all, in a way that even ancient/tiny Vims will
" understand; the auto_cache_dirs.vim plugin will take care of re-enabling
" this with a 'backupdir' setting
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
" If backups are enabled, use a more explicit and familiar backup suffix
set backupext=.bak
" Allow jumping between windows and tabs to find an open instance of a given
" buffer with :sbuffer.
set switchbuf=useopen
if v:version >= 701
set switchbuf+=usetab
endif
" Cycle back and forth through buffers.
nnoremap <silent> [b :<C-U>bprevious<CR>
nnoremap <silent> ]b :<C-U>bnext<CR>
" 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
" Current date and time insertion commands, requiring POSIX date(1)
if has('unix')
" \d: Local
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>d :<C-U>read !date<CR>
" \D: UTC
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>D :<C-U>read !date -u<CR>
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
" Configuration for the command completion feature; rather than merely cycling
" through possible completions with Tab, show them above the command line
if has('wildmenu')
" 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
" Don't complete certain files that I'm not likely to want to manipulate
" from within Vim:
if has('wildignore')
set wildignore+=*.a,*.o
set wildignore+=*.bmp,*.gif,*.ico,*.jpg,*.png
set wildignore+=.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn
set wildignore+=*~,*.swp,*.tmp
endif
" Complete files without case sensitivity, if the option is available
if exists('+wildignorecase')
set wildignorecase
endif
endif
" A few very important 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)
endif
" Set up short message settings
set shortmess=
set shortmess+=f " (file 3 of 5) -> (3 of 5)
set shortmess+=i " [Incomplete last line] -> [eol]
set shortmess+=I " I donated to Uganda, thanks Bram
set shortmess+=l " 999 lines, 888 characters -> 999L, 888C
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 midle if too long
set shortmess+=w " written -> [w], appended -> [a]
set shortmess+=x " [dos format] -> [dos]
" Don't show whitespace characters or end-of-line characters visually by
" default, but make \l toggle between them
set nolist
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>l :<C-U>set list! list?<CR>
" Don't show line numbers by default, but \n toggles them
set nonumber
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>n :<C-U>set number! number?<CR>
" Bind \p to show filetype
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>p :<C-U>set filetype?<CR>
" Use all ancestors of current directory for :find
if has('file_in_path')
set path=**
endif
" 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
" Don't use modelines at all, they're apparently potential security problems
" and I've never used them anyway
set nomodeline
" 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 <silent> ZW :<C-U>write!<CR>
nnoremap <silent> ZA :<C-U>wall!<CR>
" 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
" Try to set the 'j' flag for 'formatoptions', to automatically delete comment
" leaders when joining lines
silent! set formatoptions+=j
" \f shows the current formatoptions at a glance
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>f :<C-U>setlocal formatoptions?<CR>
" Match all forms of brackets in pairs (including angle brackets)
set matchpairs+=<:>
" 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 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
" Rebind <Space> in normal mode as a lazy scroll
nnoremap <Space> <C-F>
" Some special settings for searching, if available
if has('extra_search')
" Searching as I enter my pattern, \i toggles this
set incsearch
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>i :<C-U>set incsearch! incsearch?<CR>
" Highlight search results, \h toggles this
set hlsearch
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>h :<C-U>set hlsearch! hlsearch?<CR>
" Pressing ^L will clear highlighting until the next search-related
" operation; quite good because the highlighting gets distracting after
" you've found what you wanted
nnoremap <silent> <C-L> :<C-U>nohlsearch<CR><C-L>
endif
" Configure spell checking features, if available
if has('spell')
" Don't check spelling by default, but bind \s to toggle this
set nospell
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>s :<C-U>setlocal spell! spell?<CR>
" Use New Zealand English for spelling by default (it's almost identical
" to British English), but bind \u to switch to US English and \z to
" switch back
set spelllang=en_nz
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>u :<C-U>setlocal spelllang=en_us spelllang?<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>z :<C-U>setlocal spelllang=en_nz spelllang?<CR>
endif
" 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 <silent> & :<C-U>&&<CR>
" Same again for visual mode; we use vnoremap rather than xnoremap to stay
" compatible with old Vims without doing :execute dances
vnoremap <silent> & :<C-U>&&<CR>
" Default to no swap files at all, in a way that even ancient/tiny Vims will
" understand; the auto_cache_dirs.vim plugin will take care of re-enabling
" this with a 'directory' setting
set noswapfile
" Start paste mode with F10 to prevent console Vim from confusing a swathe of
" pre-formatted pasted text with actual keyboard input, and thereby attempting
" to indent it inappropriately. If unimpaired.vim is available, it's generally
" nicer to use yo or yO.
set nopaste
set pastetoggle=<F10>
" Don't bother about checking whether Escape is being used as a means to enter
" a Meta-key combination, just register Escape immediately
if exists('+esckeys')
set noesckeys
endif
" 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
set lazyredraw
" Improve redrawing smoothness by assuming that my terminal is reasonably
" fast
set ttyfast
" Never use any kind of bell, visual or not
set visualbell t_vb=
" Require less than one second between keys for mappings to work correctly
set timeout
set timeoutlen=1000
" Require less than a twentieth of a second between keys for key codes to work
" correctly; I don't use Escape as a meta key anyway
set ttimeout
set ttimeoutlen=50
" Rebind Ctrl-C in insert mode to undo the current insert operation
inoremap <C-C> <C-C>u
" Keep screeds of undo history
set undolevels=2000
" 'undodir' and 'undofile' settings will be taken care of by the
" auto_cache_dirs.vim plugin if applicable/possible
if has('persistent_undo')
set noundofile
endif
" 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
" Adopt the indent of the last line on new lines
set autoindent
" Use spaces instead of tabs
set expandtab
" Indent with four spaces when an indent operation is used
set shiftwidth=4
" Insert four spaces when Tab is pressed
set softtabstop=4
" When indenting lines with < or >, round the indent to a multiple of
" 'shiftwidth', so even if the line is indented by one space it will indent
" up to 4 and down to 0, for example
set shiftround
" Don't join lines with two spaces at the end of sentences; I don't two-space,
" despite the noble Steve Losh's exhortations
set nojoinspaces
" Configuration for window features
if has('windows')
" Show the status in a distinct bar above the command line only if there's
" more than one window on the screen or in the current tab
set laststatus=1
" 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
" Only show the tab bar if there's more than one tab
if exists('+showtabline')
set showtabline=1
endif
" Get rid of visually noisy folding characters
if has('folding')
let &fillchars = 'diff: ,fold: ,vert: '
endif
endif
" Don't wrap by default, but use \w to toggle it on or off quickly
set nowrap
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>w :<C-U>set wrap! wrap?<CR>
" When wrapping text, if a line is so long that not all of it can be shown on
" the screen, show as much as possible anyway; by default Vim fills the left
" column with @ symbols instead, which I don't find very helpful
set display=lastline
" Define list 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
" 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
" Line break settings and mappings
if has('linebreak')
" 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
if exists('+breakindent')
set breakindent
endif
endif
" Disable most core plugin stuff that I don't use; after/plugin/dist.vim
" clears these variables later
if has('eval')
" 2html.vim is often useful, so keep that
" matchparen.vim I use constantly
" I handle versioning plugins manually, and have never used .vba
let g:loaded_getscriptPlugin = 1
let g:loaded_vimballPlugin = 1
" This is what grep, sed, Awk, and Perl are for
let g:loaded_logiPat = 1
" ^Z, my dudes
let g:loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
" Vim servers? What is this, Emacs?
let g:loaded_rrhelper = 1
" System dictionaries plus custom per-machine spell files are fine
let g:loaded_spellfile_plugin = 1
" If I want to read a file or a file archived within it I'll decompress or
" unarchive it myself; a text editor should not do this
let g:loaded_gzip = 1
let g:loaded_tarPlugin = 1
let g:loaded_zipPlugin = 1
endif
" Insert blank lines above and below via my custom unimpaired.vim rip
nmap [<Space> <Plug>PutBlankLinesAbove
nmap ]<Space> <Plug>PutBlankLinesBelow
" \b toggles copy-pasteable linebreak settings
nmap <Leader>b <Plug>CopyLinebreakToggle
" \x strips trailing whitespace via a custom plugin
nmap <Leader>x <Plug>StripTrailingWhitespace
" Use toggle_option_flag.vim plugin to bind quick toggle actions for some
" 'formatoptions' flags
if has('user_commands')
" \a: Reformat paragraphs to 'textwidth' on all insert or delete operations
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>a :<C-U>ToggleOptionFlagLocal formatoptions a<CR>
" \c: Reformat comments to 'textwidth'
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>c :<C-U>ToggleOptionFlagLocal formatoptions c<CR>
" \j: Delete comment leaders when joining lines
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>j :<C-U>ToggleOptionFlagLocal formatoptions j<CR>
" \t: Reformat non-comment text to 'textwidth'
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>t :<C-U>ToggleOptionFlagLocal formatoptions t<CR>
endif
" Add the packaged version of matchit.vim included in the distribution, if
" possible; plugin/macros.vim loads this for older Vims
if has('packages')
silent! packadd! matchit
endif
" Source all .vim files from ~/.vim/config, which may override any of the
" above
runtime! config/*.vim
