vimrc

" Configuration file for vim

" Startup pathogen for easy plugin setup
execute pathogen#infect()

" Normally we use vim-extensions. If you want true vi-compatibility
" remove change the following statements
set nocompatible                " Use Vim defaults instead of 100% vi compatibility
set backspace=indent,eol,start  " more powerful backspacing

" Now we set some defaults for the editor 
set autoindent          " always set autoindenting on
set tabstop=4           " 4 space tab stops
set shiftwidth=4        " 4 spaces for indentations
set expandtab           " tabs really look like 4 spaces
set softtabstop=4       " BS 4 spaces like a tab
set textwidth=0         " Don't wrap words by default
set nobackup            " Don't keep a backup file
set viminfo='20,\"50    " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more than
                        " 50 lines of registers
set history=50          " keep 50 lines of command line history
set ruler               " show the cursor position all the time
" set textwidth=78       " Set right margin to 78 columns

" Suffixes that get lower priority when doing tab completion for filenames.
" These are files we are not likely to want to edit or read.
set suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc

" We know xterm-debian is a color terminal
if &term =~ "xterm-debian" || &term =~ "xterm-xfree86"
  set t_Co=16
  set t_Sf=[3%dm
  set t_Sb=[4%dm
endif

" Make p in Visual mode replace the selected text with the "" register.
vnoremap p <Esc>:let current_reg = @"<CR>gvdi<C-R>=current_reg<CR><Esc>

" Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next
" line enables syntax highlighting by default.
syntax on

" Debian uses compressed helpfiles. We must inform vim that the main
" helpfiles is compressed. Other helpfiles are stated in the tags-file.
set helpfile=$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt.gz

if has("autocmd")
 " Enabled file type detection
 " Use the default filetype settings. If you also want to load indent files
 " to automatically do language-dependent indenting add 'indent' as well.
 filetype plugin on

 " Set yaml files to have indentation of 2
 autocmd FileType yaml setlocal shiftwidth=2 tabstop=2 softtabstop=2

  " Disable RedHat cursor position
  augroup redhat
    autocmd! BufReadPost *
  augroup END

  " Some Debian-specific things
  augroup filetype
    au BufRead reportbug.*  set ft=mail
    au BufRead reportbug-*  set ft=mail
  augroup END

endif " has ("autocmd")

" The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot
" different from regular vi. They are highly recommended though.
set showcmd     " Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch   " Show matching brackets.
set ignorecase  " Do case insensitive matching
set incsearch   " Incremental search
"set autowrite   " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make
colorscheme elflord
" colorscheme evening

" Map key to toggle opt
function MapToggle(key, opt)
  let cmd = ':set '.a:opt.'! \| set '.a:opt."?\<CR>"
  exec 'nnoremap '.a:key.' '.cmd
  exec 'inoremap '.a:key." \<C-O>".cmd
endfunction
command -nargs=+ MapToggle  call MapToggle(<f-args>)

" Display-altering option toggles
"MapToggle <F1> hlsearch
"MapToggle <F2> wrap
"MapToggle <F3> list

" Behavior-altering option toggles
"MapToggle <F10> scrollbind
"MapToggle <F11> ignorecase
"MapToggle <F12> paste
set pastetoggle=<F12>

" display current file in two columns
noremap<silent> <F9> :<C-U>let @z=&so<CR>:set so=0<CR>maHmz:set noscb<CR>
                  \:vs<CR><C-W>wLzt:set scb<CR><C-W>p:set scb<CR>
                  \`zzt`a:let &so=@z<CR>