My ~/.vimrc:
Modelines have been abused in the past, and while I haven’t heard of anything lately that would abuse them, it’s always better safe than sorry. This requires the securemodelines vim script
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " first the disabled features due to security concerns set modelines=0 " no modelines [http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html] let g:secure_modelines_verbose=0 " securemodelines vimscript let g:secure_modelines_modelines = 15 " 15 available modelines
Since these are all simple features, I won’t bother to explain them besides the inline comments:
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " operational settings syntax on set ruler " show the line number on the bar set more " use more prompt set autoread " watch for file changes set number " line numbers set hidden set noautowrite " don't automagically write on :next set lazyredraw " don't redraw when don't have to set showmode set showcmd set nocompatible " vim, not vi set autoindent smartindent " auto/smart indent set expandtab " expand tabs to spaces set smarttab " tab and backspace are smart set tabstop=6 " 6 spaces set shiftwidth=6 set scrolloff=5 " keep at least 5 lines above/below set sidescrolloff=5 " keep at least 5 lines left/right set backspace=indent,eol,start set showfulltag " show full completion tags set noerrorbells " no error bells please 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 filetype on " Enable filetype detection filetype indent on " Enable filetype-specific indenting filetype plugin on " Enable filetype-specific plugins compiler ruby " Enable compiler support for ruby set wildmode=longest:full set wildignore+=*.o,*~,.lo " ignore object files set wildmenu " menu has tab completion let maplocalleader=',' " all my macros start with , set foldmethod=syntax " fold on syntax automagically, always set foldcolumn=2 " 2 lines of column for fold showing, always set dictionary=/usr/share/dict/words " more words!
I do like candycode for my terminals (which tend to be black) and I like macvim for my GUI, so I change schemes depending on which I’m using.
if !has("gui_running")
colorscheme candycode " yum candy
end
if has("gui_running")
colorscheme macvim " macvim == win
set guioptions-=T " no toolbar
set cursorline " show the cursor line
end
For the taglist plugin, I want it to appear on the right and to quick vim as soon as I close the last file I’m working on.
" Settings for taglist.vim let Tlist_Use_Right_Window=1 let Tlist_Auto_Open=0 let Tlist_Enable_Fold_Column=0 let Tlist_Compact_Format=0 let Tlist_WinWidth=28 let Tlist_Exit_OnlyWindow=1 let Tlist_File_Fold_Auto_Close = 1
Misc TOhtml settings
" Settings for :TOhtml let html_number_lines=1 let html_use_css=1 let use_xhtml=1
My status line is basically <filename> [<filetype>] [+] #<buffernum> <linenum>/<totallines>,<columnnum>
" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
" status line
set laststatus=2
if has('statusline')
function! SetStatusLineStyle()
let &stl="%f %y " .
\"%([%R%M]%)" .
\"%#StatusLineNC#%{&ff=='unix'?'':&ff.'\ format'}%*" .
\"%{'$'[!&list]}" .
\"%{'~'[&pm=='']}" .
\"%=" .
\"#%n %l/%L,%c%V " .
\""
endfunc
call SetStatusLineStyle()
if has('title')
set titlestring=%t%(\ [%R%M]%)
endif
endif
More simple search options, see inline comments
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " searching set incsearch " incremental search set ignorecase " search ignoring case set hlsearch " highlight the search set showmatch " show matching bracket set diffopt=filler,iwhite " ignore all whitespace and sync
I *occasionally* use the mouse. If I have to.
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " mouse stuffs set mouse=a " mouse support in all modes set mousehide " hide the mouse when typing " this makes the mouse paste a block of text without formatting it " (good for code) map <MouseMiddle> <esc>"*p
I prefer not to litter my current directory with backup files, so I put them all in ~/.backup. I also save a lot of line positions in the viminfo file.
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " backup options set backup set backupdir=~/.backup set viminfo=%100,'100,/100,h,\"500,:100,n~/.viminfo set history=200 "set viminfo='100,f1
I use ,ss to toggle between spellcheck on and spellcheck off.
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " spelling... if v:version >= 700 setlocal spell spelllang=en nmap <LocalLeader>ss :set spell!<CR> endif
Here are all the keyboard shortcuts I use most often:
" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
" some useful mappings
" Y yanks from cursor to $
map Y y$
" for yankring to work with previous mapping:
function! YRRunAfterMaps()
nnoremap Y :<C-U>YRYankCount 'y$'<CR>
endfunction
" toggle list mode
nmap <LocalLeader>tl :set list!<cr>
" toggle paste mode
nmap <LocalLeader>pp :set paste!<cr>
" change directory to that of current file
nmap <LocalLeader>cd :cd%:p:h<cr>
" change local directory to that of current file
nmap <LocalLeader>lcd :lcd%:p:h<cr>
" correct type-o's on exit
nmap q: :q
" save and build
nmap <LocalLeader>wm :w<cr>:make<cr>
" open all folds
nmap <LocalLeader>fo :%foldopen!<cr>
" close all folds
nmap <LocalLeader>fc :%foldclose!<cr>
" ,tt will toggle taglist on and off
nmap <LocalLeader>tt :Tlist<cr>
" ,nn will toggle NERDTree on and off
nmap <LocalLeader>nn :NERDTreeToggle<cr>
" When I'm pretty sure that the first suggestion is correct
map <LocalLeader>r 1z=
I use this one quite often, as I often forget to do “sudo vim file” in the first case, now I don’t have to exit vim to write the file with sudo.
" If I forgot to sudo vim a file, do that with :w!! cmap w!! %!sudo tee > /dev/null % " ruby helpers iab rbang #!/usr/bin/env ruby iab idef def initialize
I think candycode looks good in all the color modes, but it’s still nice to set it up for different terms.
" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
" setup for the visual environment
if $TERM =~ '^xterm'
set t_Co=256
elseif $TERM =~ '^screen-bce'
set t_Co=256 " just guessing
elseif $TERM =~ '^rxvt'
set t_Co=88
elseif $TERM =~ '^linux'
set t_Co=8
else
set t_Co=16
endif
Switch between tabs with ,tn and ,tp
" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " tabs " (LocalLeader is ",") map <LocalLeader>tc :tabnew %<cr> " create a new tab map <LocalLeader>td :tabclose<cr> " close a tab map <LocalLeader>tn :tabnext<cr> " next tab map <LocalLeader>tp :tabprev<cr> " previous tab map <LocalLeader>tm :tabmove " move a tab to a new location
Load extensions we need and change some format options for markdown files.
" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
" auto load extensions for different file types
if has('autocmd')
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if line("'\"") > 0|
\ if line("'\"") <= line("$")|
\ exe("norm '\"")|
\ else|
\ exe "norm $"|
\ endif|
\ endif
" improve legibility
au BufRead quickfix setlocal nobuflisted wrap number
" improved formatting for markdown
" http://plasticboy.com/markdown-vim-mode/
autocmd BufRead *.mkd set ai formatoptions=tcroqn2 comments=n:>
autocmd BufRead ~/.blog/entries/* set ai formatoptions=tcroqn2 comments=n:>
endif
And that’s the .vimrc
Here are some of the plugins that I used:
- NERD Commenter – auto comment sections of code
- NERD Tree – display file tree for directories, like a project view
- Alternate – Alternate between implementation and header files
- Compview – Search for a word and display a window with results
- GetLatestVimScript – Get the latest version of scripts
- Matchit – Extended % matching
- Rails – Tons of RoR stuff
- Securemodelines – Secure modeline support
- Taglist – display a list of tags from the file
- VCScommand – help with files under revision control
- Vimball – install vimball plugins
- Yankring – have a ring of copy/paste buffers for history pasting
- C – A collection of helpful things for C (Although mine is heavily customized)
Enough with text, here’s a couple of screenshots of how it looks:
I maintain a pretty-up-to-date copy of most of my configuration files in my github dotfile repository, that’s the best way to get this configuration as well as all the plugins that I use, you can download a tarball of all the files from the github (direct link: here) page as well.
Well, hope someone out there finds these configuration files useful. I welcome any feedback 
Soon to come: an explanation of the project that I’ve been working on that has taken me away from blogging for so long, an Intrusion Detection System based on Locality events.
Update 10/23/08: After some theme changes, updated screenshot (no NERDtree or taglist shown in the image):
Update 12/9/09: Been over a year, just for a teaser of what it looks like now:
