Improved .vimrc

.vimrc

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+" Disable compatibility with vi which can cause unexpected issues
 set nocompatible
+
+" Enable type file detection. Vim will be able to try to detect the type of file in use
+filetype on
+" Enable plugins and load plugin for the detected file type
+filetype plugin on
+" Load an indent file for the detected file type
+filetype indent on
+" Turn syntax highlighting on
+syntax on
+" Auto indent
+set ai
+" Smart indent
+set si
+
+
+" Add numbers to each line on the left-hand side.
+set number
+" Highlight cursor line underneath the cursor horizontally
+set cursorline
+" Highlight cursor line underneath the cursor vertically
+" set cursorcolumn
+
+
+" Set shift width to 4 spaces
+set shiftwidth=2
+" Set tab width to 2 columns
+set tabstop=2
+" Use space characters instead of tabs
+set expandtab
+
+
+" While searching though a file incrementally highlight matching characters as you type
+set incsearch
+" Show the mode you are on the last line
+set showmode
+" Show matching words during a search
+set showmatch
+" Use highlighting when doing a search
+set hlsearch
+" Ignore case when searching
+set ignorecase
+" When searching try to be smart about cases
+set smartcase
+
+" For regular expressions turn magic on
+set magic
+
+" Set 7 lines to the cursor - when moving vertically using j/k
+set so=7
+
+" Use highlighting when doing a search
+set hlsearch
+" Make wildmenu behave like similar to Bash completion
+set wildmode=list:longest
+" There are certain files that we would never want to edit with Vim.
+" Wildmenu will ignore files with these extensions.
+set wildignore=*.docx,*.jpg,*.png,*.gif,*.pdf,*.pyc,*.exe,*.flv,*.img,*.xlsx,*/.git/*
+
+" Configure backspace so it acts as it should act
+set backspace=eol,start,indent
+set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l
+
+" Sets how many lines of history VIM has to remember
+set history=500
+
+
+
+" PLUGINS ---------------------------------------------------------------- {{{
+
+" Plugin code goes here.
+
+" }}}
+
+
+" MAPPINGS --------------------------------------------------------------- {{{
+
+" Mappings code goes here.
+
+" }}}
+
+
+" VIMSCRIPT -------------------------------------------------------------- {{{
+
+" This will enable code folding.
+" Use the marker method of folding.
+augroup filetype_vim
+    autocmd!
+    autocmd FileType vim setlocal foldmethod=marker
+augroup END
+
+" More Vimscripts code goes here.
+
+" }}}
+
+
+" STATUS LINE ------------------------------------------------------------ {{{
+
+" Status bar code goes here.
+
+" }}}