.vimrc

syntax on           " syntax highlighting
set winwidth=80     " characters per line - this is used when gq (autowrap)
"set number
set autoindent
set ruler           " shows position in status bar
set ignorecase      " when searching
set smartcase       " case matters when seach pattern has upper case
set hlsearch        " highlights found string on search
set incsearch       " search while typing
filetype plugin indent on " this plugin is used for many more per-filetype plugins
set ts=4            " tab stop - how many spaces will a tab character take (normally you should NOT have tab characters in your code)
set sw=4            " shifts width - (un)indent amount
set sts=4           " smart tab stop - handy with backspace (deletes four chars at once)
set expandtab       " use spaces instead of tabs
color elflord       " nice theme with dark background
" you may find some of the following useful
" set guioptions-=m  " no menus
" set guioptions-=T  " no icons
" set guioptions+=c  " console dialog (vs popup)
" set guioptions-=r  " no left / right scrollbar
" set guioptions-=l
" set guioptions-=R
" set guioptions-=L
set guioptions=aci   " autoselect, cui dialogs, icon <- for the console addicted
if has('gui_running')
    set showtabline=2   " always show tab line - for some reason gvim will resize and go beyond desktop size when you create a new tab - with this option it always has the tab line
    set guifont=Monospace\ 9 " this font fits 4 buffers next to each other on 30' monitor
endif
set laststatus=2    " always show status line
set mousefocus     " focus follows mouse
set mouse=a         " mouse click and select behaves good in console vi(m)
set formatoptions=1 " connected with the next one
set lbr             " word wrap (on word, not screen)
set listchars=eol:$,tab:>-,trail:~,extends:>,precedes:<   " how to see special (whitespace) characters - activate with "set list", deactivate with "set nolist"
":au BufWinEnter * let w:m1=matchadd('Search', '\%<81v.\%>77v', -1)
:au BufWinEnter * let w:m2=matchadd('ErrorMsg', '\%>80v.\+', -1) " make everything above 80 chars appear RED - very annoying so you'll never have > 80 char lines :)

" This makes the completion of commands complete only longest possible prefix (like bash), not to first possible (like zsh, vi default)
" It also shows a menu so you can pick an option with the arrows
set wildmode=longest:full
set wildmenu

imap <C-v> <Esc>pa
" Easily move between many windows with alt + arrow keys / vi move keys
nmap  <M-Right>     <C-W><Right>
nmap  <M-Left>      <C-W><Left>
nmap  <M-Down>      <C-W><Down>
nmap  <M-Up>        <C-W><Up>
nmap  <M-l>         <C-W><Right>
nmap  <M-h>         <C-W><Left>
nmap  <M-j>         <C-W><Down>
nmap  <M-k>         <C-W><Up>


" for javascript smartindent uses cindent, which indents all lines with colon (:) at the 0th column (because it thinks they are labels)
" this is extremely annoying when defining  objects in javascript - so disable smartindent for javascript
au FileType javascript set nocindent
" Default sass sw is 2, and from time to time it autoindents - ANNOYING. This fixes it.
au FileType sass set sw=4

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