.vimrc

set nocompatible        " vim, not vi
set history=50          " keep 50 lines of command line history
set ruler               " show the cursor position all the time
set noerrorbells        " don't make noise
set cursorline          " highlight current line
set laststatus=2        " always show the status line
set expandtab           " no real tabs please!
set number              " Display line numbers on the left
set showcmd             " Show partial commands in the last line of the screen
set ignorecase          " case insensitive search, except when using capitals
set smartcase           " case insensitive patterns, when lowercase is used
set smarttab            " smart tabulation and backspace
set autoindent
set showmode            " Show the current mode
set showmatch           " show matching braces
set hlsearch            " highlight searches
set incsearch           " find as you type
set title               " show title
set pastetoggle=<F11>   " F11 toggles indenting when pasting
set wildmenu            " make command-line completion bash like + menu
set wildmode=longest:full
set showcmd             " show the cmd being typed
set shiftwidth=4        " No 8 character tabs
set softtabstop=4
set undolevels=1000     " 1000 undos
 
" Allow backspacing over autoindent, line breaks and start of insert action
set backspace=indent,eol,start
 
"F10 toggles line numbers
map <silent> <F10> :set invnumber<cr>
 
syntax on

" statusline
" format markers:
"   %t File name (tail) of file in the buffer
"   %m Modified flag, text is " [+]"; " [-]" if 'modifiable' is off.
"   %r Readonly flag, text is " [RO]".
"   %y Type of file in the buffer, e.g., " [vim]".
"   %= Separation point between left and right aligned items.
"   %l Line number.
"   %L Number of lines in buffer.
"   %c Column number.
"   %P percentage through buffer
set statusline=%t\ %m%r%y%=(ascii=\%03.3b,hex=\%02.2B)\ (%l/%L,%c)\ (%P)
set laststatus=2
" change highlighting based on mode
if version >= 700
  highlight statusLine cterm=bold ctermfg=black ctermbg=red
  au InsertLeave * highlight StatusLine cterm=bold ctermfg=black ctermbg=red
  au InsertEnter * highlight StatusLine cterm=bold ctermfg=black ctermbg=green
endif