.vimrc

" This isn't 1980, we don't need to act like plain 'vi'
set nocompatible

" Use bash instead of sh
set shell=/bin/bash

syntax on
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on

set number
set cindent
set showmatch
set autoindent
set smartindent

" Don't artificially wrap long lines on the screen
set nowrap

" For terminal, we'll try elflord
" colorscheme elflord
set background=dark

" Show the ruler and 1 line of status all the time
set ruler
set cmdheight=1
set laststatus=2
set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [TYPE=%Y\ %{&ff}]\ [%l/%L\ (%p%%)]

" Allow backspacing through newlines
set backspace=indent,eol,start whichwrap+=<,>,[,]

" Set 4-space tabs
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
set number          " line numbers
" Quickly highlight matching braces/parentheses/brackets
set showmatch

set showcmd

" Keep 5 lines of context when scrolling
set scrolloff=3


" Enable vim modelines
set modeline

" Use the 'global' flag by default in search/replace
set gdefault

" Yes, we have a fast terminal
set ttyfast

" Make window splitting behave
set noequalalways
set splitbelow
" Don't make backup files (filename.c~)
set nobackup

" Enable the mouse - clickity clickity
set mouse=a

" Correct typos.
iab erturn     return
iab retrun     return
iab retunr     return
iab seperate   separate
iab truely     truly
iab flase      false
iab fasle      false

function! OnlineDoc()
    if &ft =~ "cpp"
        let s:urlTemplate = "http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/%.html"
    elseif &ft =~ "python"
        let s:urlTemplate = "http://riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/%.html"
    elseif &ft =~ "ruby"
        let s:urlTemplate = "http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/%.html"
    elseif &ft =~ "perl"
        let s:urlTemplate = "http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/%.html "
    else
        return
    endif

    let s:browser = "firefox"
    let s:wordUnderCursor = expand("")
    let s:url = substitute(s:urlTemplate, "%", s:wordUnderCursor, "g")

    let s:cmd = "silent !" . s:browser . " " . s:url . "&"
    execute  s:cmd
endfunction

" online doc search
map   :call OnlineDoc()
set encoding=utf-8  " Use UTF-8   Go Unicode!