" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/debian.vim (usually just " /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/debian.vim) and sourced by the call to :runtime " you can find below. If you wish to change any of those settings, you should " do it in this file (/etc/vim/vimrc), since debian.vim will be overwritten " everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed. It is recommended to " make changes after sourcing debian.vim since it alters the value of the " 'compatible' option. " This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are " properly set to work with the Vim-related packages available in Debian. runtime! debian.vim " Uncomment the next line to make Vim more Vi-compatible " NOTE: debian.vim sets 'nocompatible'. Setting 'compatible' changes numerous " options, so any other options should be set AFTER setting 'compatible'. "set compatible " Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next " line enables syntax highlighting by default. if has("syntax") syntax on endif " If using a dark background within the editing area and syntax highlighting " turn on this option as well "set background=dark " Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when " reopening a file if has("autocmd") au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif endif " Uncomment the following to have Vim load indentation rules and plugins " according to the detected filetype. if has("autocmd") filetype plugin indent on endif " The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot " differently from regular Vi. They are highly recommended though. set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line. "set showmatch " Show matching brackets. "set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching "set smartcase " Do smart case matching "set incsearch " Incremental search "set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make "set hidden " Hide buffers when they are abandoned "set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes) set number set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab set tabstop=4 set background=dark set nowrap if (v:version >= 703) " Doesn't run with a vim < 7.3 ? set relativenumber " Mapping to toggle relativenumber nnoremap  :set relativenumber! " To test relativenumber, I installed vim 4. I supposed it break my backspace " habitual behavior. Interesting behavior ! set backspace=start,eol endif " Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors " Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern. if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running") set hlsearch :let mapleader = "," nnoremap :nohlsearch endif " Use zsh-like autocompletion menu set wildmenu set wildmode=full " Source a global configuration file if available if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local") source /etc/vim/vimrc.local endif cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null " disable the arrow keys while in normal mode nnoremap nnoremap nnoremap nnoremap " disable the arrow keys while in insert mode inoremap inoremap inoremap inoremap " movement by screen line instead of file line nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk " YAML support " autocmd FileType yaml setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab " au BufNewFile,BufRead *.yaml,*.yml so ~/.vim/yaml.vim autocmd FileType yaml setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab let g:indentLine_char = '⦙'