dot_vimrc

"-------- General -------"
syntax enable
" set background=dark
" colorscheme delek

"256 colours, please
set t_Co=256

"line numbers"
set number


"-------- Search -------"
"highlist search"
set hlsearch
set incsearch


"-------- Tabs & indentation -------"

set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
" Round indent to nearest multiple of 4
set shiftround
" No line-wrapping
set nowrap


"-------- Interactions -------"

" Start scrolling slightly before the cursor reaches an edge
set scrolloff=3
set sidescrolloff=5
" Scroll sideways a character at a time, rather than a screen at a time
set sidescroll=1

" Backspace behaviour
set backspace=2


"-------- Visual decorations -------"

" Show status line
set laststatus=2
" Show what mode you’re currently in
set showmode
" Show what commands you’re typing
set showcmd
" Allow modelines
set modeline
" Show current line and column position in file
set ruler
" Show file title in terminal tab
set title


"-------- Auto commands -------"
"automatically source the Vimrc file on save.
augroup autosourcing
   autocmd!
   autocmd BufWritePost .vimrc source %
augroup END


"-------- Mappings-------"
"make it easy to edit the vimrc file"
nmap ,ev :tabedit $MYVIMRC<cr>
nmap ,<space> :nohlsearch<cr>