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Revision as of 13:08, 10 December 2012
created 2009 · complexity basic · author Spiiph · version 7.0
This is a sample vimrc file that offers an alternative to the vimrc_example.vim
delivered with Vim. It was created in discussion with the ops and regulars of the #vim community.
Requirements and caveats
The code in this example .vimrc
requires a full featured Vim. While it is possible to insert checks to omit some settings for Vim binaries with less features, that would make the file more complex and hard to understand.
If your Vim does not support some of the options and features suggested here, you will have to install a Vim package with a larger feature set, or upgrade to a newer version of Vim.
Usage recommendations
This is a minimal, but feature rich, .vimrc
that aims to satisfy the majority of new and intermediate Vim users. While you may use this example as your .vimrc
out-of-the-box, it is important to understand what the options and features do. It contains features and options that almost all Vim users should have at least basic knowledge about.
Example vimrc
" URL: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Example_vimrc " Authors: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_on_Freenode " Description: A minimal, but feature rich, example .vimrc. If you are a " newbie, basing your first .vimrc on this file is a good choice. " If you're a more advanced user, building your own .vimrc based " on this file is still a good idea. "------------------------------------------------------------ " Features {{{1 " " These options and commands enable some very useful features in Vim, that " no user should have to live without. " Set 'nocompatible' to ward off unexpected things that your distro might " have made, as well as sanely reset options when re-sourcing .vimrc set nocompatible " Attempt to determine the type of a file based on its name and possibly its " contents. Use this to allow intelligent auto-indenting for each filetype, " and for plugins that are filetype specific. filetype indent plugin on " Enable syntax highlighting syntax on "------------------------------------------------------------ " Must have options {{{1 " " These are highly recommended options. " One of the most important options to activate. Allows you to switch from an " unsaved buffer without saving it first. Also allows you to keep an undo " history for multiple files. Vim will complain if you try to quit without " saving, and swap files will keep you safe if your computer crashes. set hidden " Note that not everyone likes working this way (with the hidden option). " Alternatives include using tabs or split windows instead of re-using the same " window for multiple buffers, and/or: " set confirm " set autowriteall " Better command-line completion set wildmenu " Show partial commands in the last line of the screen set showcmd " Highlight searches (use <C-L> to temporarily turn off highlighting; see the " mapping of <C-L> below) set hlsearch " Modelines have historically been a source of security vulnerabilities. As " such, it may be a good idea to disable them and use the securemodelines " script, <http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1876>. " set nomodeline "------------------------------------------------------------ " Usability options {{{1 " " These are options that users frequently set in their .vimrc. Some of them " change Vim's behaviour in ways which deviate from the true Vi way, but " which are considered to add usability. Which, if any, of these options to " use is very much a personal preference, but they are harmless. " Use case insensitive search, except when using capital letters set ignorecase set smartcase " Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and start of insert action set backspace=indent,eol,start " When opening a new line and no filetype-specific indenting is enabled, keep " the same indent as the line you're currently on. Useful for READMEs, etc. set autoindent " Stop certain movements from always going to the first character of a line. " While this behaviour deviates from that of Vi, it does what most users " coming from other editors would expect. set nostartofline " Display the cursor position on the last line of the screen or in the status " line of a window set ruler " Always display the status line, even if only one window is displayed set laststatus=2 " Instead of failing a command because of unsaved changes, instead raise a " dialogue asking if you wish to save changed files. set confirm " Use visual bell instead of beeping when doing something wrong set visualbell " And reset the terminal code for the visual bell. If visualbell is set, and " this line is also included, vim will neither flash nor beep. If visualbell " is unset, this does nothing. set t_vb= " Enable use of the mouse for all modes set mouse=a " Set the command window height to 2 lines, to avoid many cases of having to " "press <Enter> to continue" set cmdheight=2 " Display line numbers on the left set number " Quickly time out on keycodes, but never time out on mappings set notimeout ttimeout ttimeoutlen=200 " Use <F11> to toggle between 'paste' and 'nopaste' set pastetoggle=<F11> "------------------------------------------------------------ " Indentation options {{{1 " " Indentation settings according to personal preference. " Indentation settings for using 2 spaces instead of tabs. " Do not change 'tabstop' from its default value of 8 with this setup. set shiftwidth=2 set softtabstop=2 set expandtab " Indentation settings for using hard tabs for indent. Display tabs as " two characters wide. "set shiftwidth=2 "set tabstop=2 "------------------------------------------------------------ " Mappings {{{1 " " Useful mappings " Map Y to act like D and C, i.e. to yank until EOL, rather than act as yy, " which is the default map Y y$ " Map <C-L> (redraw screen) to also turn off search highlighting until the " next search nnoremap <C-L> :nohl<CR><C-L> "------------------------------------------------------------
Comments
Great stuff! Thanks for making my vim-setup usable! :)
/J