vimrc

Vim can be one of the most powerful editors, however there is several annoyances that come with here. But thankfully its highly customizable, to customize vim you will need a file called a .vimrc file and you put this in your home directory. Here is how mine look like with comments

"----------------------------------------------------
" vimrc file for ed lim
" @author - Ed Lim
"----------------------------------------------------

"------------ editor behaviour block ------------------
set ruler " show curser position at all times
set sw=8 " Use 8 spaces when text is indented
set tabstop=8 " sets how many spaces a tab is
"set ai " auto indent
"set si " smart indent - attempts to guess where to indent
set et " tabs converted to spaces, uncomment when needed
set incsearch " incremental search
set nohlsearch " no highlight on searching
set nowrapscan " turn off search wrapping
set nowrap " no text wraps
set backspace=indent,eol,start " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set term=ansi
"set background=dark " user brighter color if xterm has a dark background
set noerrorbells " do not beep on errors
set ttyfast " Smoother scrolling
set mouse=a " have mouse enabled at all time
set virtualedit=all " allows curser to roam freely
set backspace=2 " allows backspacing over everything
set showmode " show current mode you are in
set showcmd " display incomplete commands
set showmatch " show matching braces
set undolevels=500 " set the number of undo's
set novisualbell " no sound on error
set t_vb= " turn off error bells
set noerrorbells " No sound on error
set title " Shows title in console window
set ls=2 " always show status line
set foldmethod=marker " fold method using markers
"set foldmethod=indent " fold method using indent

"-------------- backup block ------------------
set backup
set backupdir=$HOME/.VimData/vimbak
set directory=$HOME/.VimData/vimtmp
set errorfile=$HOME/.VimData/vimtmp/errors.vim

"------------ Graphical block -----------------
syntax on " Turns on syntax highlighting
set nu " Line numbers

"------------- Color definitions ----------------
hi Comment terM=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkGreen ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=Blue guibg=NONE
hi Constant term=underline cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkRed ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=Magenta guibg=NONE
hi Special term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkMagenta ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=SlateBlue guibg=NONE
"hi Identifier term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=Black ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=DarkCyan guibg=NONE
hi Statement term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkBlue ctermbg=NONE gui=bold guifg=Brown guibg=NONE
hi PreProc term=underline cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkMagenta ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=Purple guibg=NONE
hi Type term=underline cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkBlue ctermbg=NONE gui=bold guifg=SeaGreen guibg=NONE
hi Underlined term=underline cterm=underline ctermfg=DarkMagenta gui=underline guifg=SlateBlue
hi Ignore term=NONE cterm=NONE ctermfg=white ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=bg guibg=NONE
"hi LineNr term=underline ctermfg=Black guifg=Black

" --------- key mappings --------------
" F1 show buffers
map <f1> :buffer<cr>

" F2 select buffer
map <f2> :buffer