1 " Setting some decent VIM settings for programming
3 syntax on " turn syntax highlighting on by default
4 set ai " set auto-indenting on for programming
5 set showmatch " automatically show matching brackets. works like it does in bbedit.
6 set vb " turn on the "visual bell" - which is much quieter than the "audio blink"
7 set ruler " show the cursor position all the time
8 set laststatus=2 " make the last line where the status is two lines deep so you can see status always
9 set backspace=indent,eol,start " make that backspace key work the way it should
10 set nocompatible " vi compatible is LAME
11 set background=dark " Use colours that work well on a dark background (Console is usually black)
12 set showmode " show the current mode
14 " Show EOL type and last modified timestamp, right after the filename
15 set statusline=%<%F%h%m%r\ [%{&ff}]\ (%{strftime(\"%H:%M\ %d/%m/%Y\",getftime(expand(\"%:p\")))})%=%l,%c%V\ %P
17 "------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 " Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
20 "Remember the positions in files"
21 autocmd BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal g`\"" | endif
22 endif " has("autocmd")