" An example for a vimrc file. " " To use it, copy it to " for Unix: ~/.vimrc " for Windows: $VIM\_vimrc set backup " keep a backup file (restore to previous version) set undofile " keep an undo file (undo changes after closing) set ruler " show the cursor position all the time set showcmd " display incomplete commands " Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting noremap Q gq " CTRL-U in insert mode deletes a lot. Use CTRL-G u to first break undo, " so that you can undo CTRL-U after inserting a line break. inoremap u " Switch syntax highlighting on syntax on " Enable file type detection. " Use the default filetype settings, so that mail gets 'textwidth' set to 72, " 'cindent' is on in C files, etc. " Also load indent files, to automatically do language-dependent indenting. filetype plugin indent on " Put these in an autocmd group, so that we can delete them easily. augroup vimrcEx autocmd! " For all text files set 'textwidth' to 78 characters. autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78 " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position. " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler " Also don't do it when the mark is in the first line, that is the default " position when opening a file. autocmd BufReadPost * \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | \ execute "normal! g`\"" | \ endif augroup END " Convenient command to see the difference between the current buffer and the " file it was loaded from, thus the changes you made. " Only define it when not defined already. if !exists(":DiffOrig") command DiffOrig vert new | set buftype=nofile | read ++edit # | 0d_ | diffthis \ | wincmd p | diffthis endif