VimRC - VI on Steroids

Vim has been one of my favorite tool from text editing to IDE and what not. But with great power, comes great features and responsibilities. So I would like to share my vimrc settings that I use in my day to day workflow. I find in really helpful and productive.

First of all if you are new to rc files. RC stands for Run Command in Unix terms, which would basically load sets of configuration before loading the application.

In case if you don’t have vimrc you can create one using vi

vim ~/.vimrc

Then you can Copy and Paste the following text.

Save the File and Restart vi and if you are interested in deeper dive I found this link really helpful.

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/text_editing/vim.html.en

"""""""""""""
" Basics
""""""""""""
syntax on
set background=dark
set ruler " Show the line number on the bar
set showmatch " Show matching parenthesis
set more " Use more prompt
set autoread " Watch for file changes
set confirm " Dialog Box to Confirm
set number " Display Line Numbers
set hidden " Re-use the same window and switch from an unsaved buffer without saving it first
set showmode
set showcmd " Show partial commands in the last line of the Screen
set wildmenu " Better command line completion
set autoindent smartindent " Auto/smart indent
set wrap " Wrap lines
set smarttab " Tab and Backspace are smart
set tabstop=4 " 6 spaces
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab " Using spaces instead of tabs
set hlsearch " Highlist Searches
set ignorecase smartcase " Use case insensitive Search, except when using capital letters
set scrolloff=5 " keep at least 5 lines above/below
set sidescrolloff=5 " keep at least 5 lines left/right
set history=200
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set linebreak
set cmdheight=2 " command line two lines high
set undolevels=1000 " 1000 undos
set updatecount=100 " switch every 100 chars
set complete=.,w,b,u,U,t,i,d " do lots of scanning on tab completion
set ttyfast " we have a fast terminal
set noerrorbells " No error bells please
set shell=bash
set fileformats=unix
set ff=unix
filetype on " Enable filetype detection
filetype indent on " Enable filetype-specific indenting
filetype plugin on " Enable filetype-specific plugins
set wildmode=longest:full
"""""""""""""
" Mapping
""""""""""""
" Yank till end of line
map Y y$
" Map <C-L> (redraw screen) to turn off search highlighting until the next
" search
nnoremap <C-L> :nohl<CR><C-L>
" Map <Space> to / (Search) and <Ctrl>+<Space) for ? (Backward Search)
map <space> /
map <c-space> ?
" Remove the Windows ^M - when the encodings gets messed up
noremap <Leader>m mmHmt:%s/<C-V><cr>//ge<cr>'tzt'm
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