My Custom .vimrc file for VIM

sfranciaJun 02,2008

Vim (text editor) in a terminal emulator, with...

Vim is a good editor, made great with a custom .vimrc file.
My .vimrc file adds syntax highlighting, autocomplete with tab, folding and highlights the line you are on.
Feel free to use or modify it for your needs.

VIM

I have a love hate relationship with VIM. I am extremely productive using it, yet I still think there must be a better editor out there. Despite years of trying out other editors, I always come back to vim. Quanta Plus was close, and notepad++ works well on windows, but I always ending up typing a lot of unnecessary j's and k's ;)

My .vimrc

Updated July 30, 2008

if has('syntax') &amp;&amp; (&amp;t_Co &gt; 2 || has('win32'))
    syntax on                  	" enable syntax highlighting
    color dante  	       	" load a colorscheme, it's redundant to use
endif
 
" VISUAL
color dante  	      	       	" load a colorscheme
 
set cursorline  		" highlight current line
hi cursorline guibg=#333333 	" highlight bg color of current line
hi CursorColumn guibg=#333333   " highlight cursor
 
if has('cmdline_info')
    set ruler                  	" show the ruler
                               	" a ruler on steroids
    set rulerformat=%30(%=\:b%n%y%m%r%w\ %l,%c%V\ %P%)
    set showcmd                	" show partial commands in status line and
                               	" selected characters/lines in visual mode
endif
 
if has('statusline')
    set laststatus=1           	" show statusline only if there are &gt; 1 windows
			       	" a statusline, also on steroids
    set statusline=%&lt;%f\ %=\:\b%n%y%m%r%w\ %l,%c%V\ %P
endif
 
 
" ENVIRONMENT
set backspace=indent,eol,start 	" backspace for dummys
set showmatch                  	" show matching brackets/parenthesis
set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest,full 	" comand <tab> completion, list matches and
                               	"   complete the longest common part, then,
                               	"   cycle through the matches
 
set shortmess+=filmnrxoOtT     	" abbrev. of messages (avoids 'hit enter')
set showmode                   	" display the current mode
set spell 		        " spell checking on
 
set nu 				" Line numbers on
set tabpagemax=15 		" only show 15 tabs
filetype plugin indent on  	" Automatically detect file types.
set incsearch 			" find as you type search
set hlsearch 			" highlight search terms
 
 
" Formatting
set wrap                       	" wrap long lines
set autoindent                 	" indent at the same level of the previous line
set shiftwidth=4               	" use indents of 4 spaces
set noexpandtab 	       	" tabs are tabs, not spaces
set matchpairs+=&lt;:&gt;            	" match, to be used with % 
set pastetoggle=<f12>          	" pastetoggle (sane indentation on pastes)
set comments=sl:/*,mb:*,elx:*/  " auto format comment blocks
 
"set foldenable 		" auto fold code
"set foldmethod=marker 		" type of folding
 
" CODING
setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete " activate autocomplete (intellisense) 
set cot+=menuone 		" show preview of function prototype
 
" GVIM- (here instead of .gvimrc)
if has('gui_running')
    set guioptions-=T          	" remove the toolbar
    set lines=40               	" 40 lines of text instead of 24,
endif
 
" PLUGINS
let g:SuperTabDefaultCompletionType = "<c-x><c-o>"
" enable super tab
 
:map <c-f10> <esc>:vsp<cr>:VTree<cr>
" map Control + F10 to Vtree