Pimp vim for coding

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^rooker
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Pimp vim for coding

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Here are a few tips for configuring VIM to be more comfortable for programmer's needs.

1) Changes within "/etc/vim/vimrc":

*) tab-free indent with reasonable width:

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" Make it comfortable for coding and editing config files:
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set tabpagemax=20
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Different settings. Temporary.

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If you happen to contribute to, or edit code from someone else, who has different indentation width, here's a one-liner for adjusting vim's settings temporarily for all opened tabs.
For example, if you want to indent only 2 characters (instead of the globally configured "4"), you can type:

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:tabdo set shiftwidth=2 || set tabstop=2 || set expandtab
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Syntax highligh: Markdown instead of Modula2

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By default, many vim installations assume ".md" files to be "Modula2" sourcecode instead of Markdown.
Add this line to your /etc/vim/vimrc (or the one in your user's home) to change that:

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" Markdown syntax (instead of modula2):
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set filetype=markdown
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Re: Pimp vim for coding

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Simply copy/paste/save the following to "/etc/vim/vimrc.local":
(Attached is a copy of that configfile ready-to-use. Just remove the ".txt" (forum security rules))

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" Generally useful:
syntax on
set background=dark
set ignorecase     " Do case insensitive matching
set mouse=
set ttymouse=

" Make it comfortable for coding and editing config files:
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set tabpagemax=20

" Tab completion for filenames more bash-style:
set wildmode=longest,list,full
set wildmenu
Update 2024-01: The "wildmode" settings are now like this:

1st tab: complete as much characters as it can;
2nd tab: show a list of possible candidates.
3rd tab: cycle through the list of possible candidates
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