vimrc.improved

" ===== basic settings =====
set nocompatible
set hidden
set noswapfile
set nobackup
set lazyredraw      "don't redraw when executing macros
set magic           "for regular expressions
set number          "show line number
set showmatch       "show matching parentheses
set showcmd         "show partial command (operator-pending mode)
set ruler
set backspace=indent,eol,start " make that backspace key work the way it should

syntax on " turn syntax highlighting on by default
filetype on " detect type of file
filetype indent on " load indent file for specific file type

" first, enable status line always
set laststatus=2

" ===== Ex commands settings =====
set wildmenu        "zsh-like hints of commands
set wildmode=full
set history=1000     "history size of Ex commands

" ===== intend, tabs =====
set nowrap
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set autoindent
set copyindent
set smarttab
set expandtab

" ===== searching =====
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set nohlsearch

" ===== moving =====
set scrolloff=10

" ===== mappings =====
set timeout timeoutlen=150
" alternative ESC
inoremap jk <Esc>

" toggle search highlight
nnoremap <silent> <C-N> :se invhlsearch<CR>

" better movement in wrapped long lines
nnoremap k gk
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap gk k
nnoremap gj j

" ====== Tabs and splits =====
nnoremap th :tabfirst<CR>
nnoremap tk :tabnext<CR>
nnoremap tj :tabprev<CR>
nnoremap tl :tablast<CR>
nnoremap tt :tabedit<Space>
nnoremap tn :tabnew<CR>

" easier movement between splits
nnoremap <C-h> <C-w>h
nnoremap <C-j> <C-w>j
nnoremap <C-k> <C-w>k
nnoremap <C-l> <C-w>l

" better split behaviour
set splitbelow
set splitright

"==== Display help in new tab instead of split ====
augroup HelpInTabs
  autocmd!
  autocmd BufEnter *.txt call HelpInNewTab()
augroup END

"only apply to help files
function! HelpInNewTab()
  if &buftype == 'help'
    " convert the help window to a tab
    execute "normal \<C-W>T"
  endif
endfunction

"==== Swap v and CTRL-V ======
nnoremap    v   <C-V>
nnoremap <C-V>     v
vnoremap    v   <C-V>
vnoremap <C-V>     v

"======== Disable visualbell ========
set vb t_vb=
set novisualbell