.vimrc

" setup vundle if not already done
source ~/.vundlerc

" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible

" ================ General Config ====================

set number                      "Line numbers are good
set backspace=indent,eol,start  "Allow backspace in insert mode
set history=1000                "Store lots of :cmdline history
set showcmd                     "Show incomplete cmds down the bottom
set showmode                    "Show current mode down the bottom
set visualbell                  "No sounds
set autoread                    "Reload files changed outside vim

" ================ Look & feel  ====================

set background=dark             "use a dark background
if has('statusline')
    set laststatus=2
    " Broken down into easily includeable segments
    set statusline=%<%f\    " Filename
    set statusline+=%{fugitive#statusline()} "  Git Hotness
    set statusline+=\ [%{&ff}/%Y]            " filetype
    set statusline+=\ [%{getcwd()}]          " current dir
    set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
    set statusline+=%{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}
    set statusline+=%*
endif

" Hghlighting that moves with the cursor
highlight CursorColumn cterm=NONE ctermbg=darkred ctermfg=white guibg=darkred guifg=white
set cursorline
set cursorcolumn

" Show trailing whitepaces
highlight ExtraWhiteSpace ctermbg=red guibg=red
au ColorScheme * highlight ExtraWhiteSpace ctermbg=red guibg=red
match ExtraWhiteSpace /\s\+$/

" Remove trailing whitepaces
nnoremap <silent> <F5> :let _s=@/<Bar>:%s/\s\+$//e<Bar>:let @/=_s<Bar>:nohl<CR>

" This makes vim act like all other editors, buffers can
" exist in the background without being in a window.
" http://items.sjbach.com/319/configuring-vim-right
set hidden

"turn on syntax highlighting
syntax on

" settings for the syntastc plugin
let g:syntastic_enable_signs=1
let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list=1

" ================ Search Settings  =================

set incsearch        "Find the next match as we type the search
set hlsearch         "Hilight searches by default
set viminfo='100,f1  "Save up to 100 marks, enable capital marks

" ================ Turn Off Swap Files ==============

set noswapfile
set nobackup
set nowb

" ================ Persistent Undo ==================
" Keep undo history across sessions, by storing in file.
" Only works all the time.

silent !mkdir ~/.vim/backups > /dev/null 2>&1
set undodir=~/.vim/backups
set undofile

" ================ Indentation ======================

set autoindent
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab

filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" Display tabs and trailing spaces visually
set list listchars=tab:\ \ ,trail:·

set nowrap       "Don't wrap lines
set linebreak    "Wrap lines at convenient points

" ================ Folds ============================

set foldmethod=indent   "fold based on indent
set foldnestmax=3       "deepest fold is 3 levels
set nofoldenable        "dont fold by default

" ================ Completion =======================

set wildmode=list:longest
set wildmenu                "enable ctrl-n and ctrl-p to scroll thru matches
set wildignore=*.o,*.obj,*~ "stuff to ignore when tab completing
set wildignore+=*vim/backups*
set wildignore+=*sass-cache*
set wildignore+=*DS_Store*
set wildignore+=vendor/rails/**
set wildignore+=vendor/cache/**
set wildignore+=*.gem
set wildignore+=log/**
set wildignore+=tmp/**
set wildignore+=*.png,*.jpg,*.gif


" ================ Scrolling ========================

set scrolloff=8         "Start scrolling when we're 8 lines away from margins
set sidescrolloff=15
set sidescroll=1

" my bash helpers
au BufRead,BufNewFile  .bash_aliases,.bash_helpers call SetFileTypeSH("bash")

" Additional Ruby Syntax Highlighting
au BufRead,BufNewFile {Capfile,Gemfile,Rakefile,Thorfile,config.ru,.caprc,.irbrc,irb_tempfile*} set filetype=ruby

" Coffeescript
au BufRead,BufNewFile  *.coffee set filetype=coffee

" highlighting for my vundlerc
au BufRead,BufNewFile .vundlerc set filetype=vim