Ask HN: What's in your .vimrc file?

Most of my .vim folder and .vimrc came from andreiz and tomasr. I have it committed to github for easy download on any server I'm working on. http://github.com/bnmrrs/dotfies if anybody would like to check it out.

  map ,q :q!
  map ,s :w
  map ,w :x
  nmap   :set number!

and ctags are especially useful

A good line to memorize:

  :set et sts=4 sw=4 ts=4

  et  = expandtab (spaces instead of tabs)
  ts  = tabstop (the number of spaces that a tab equates to)
  sw  = shiftwidth (the number of spaces to use when indenting
        -- or de-indenting -- a line)
  sts = softtabstop (the number of spaces to use when expanding tabs)

Also you might want to move 'colorscheme twilight' into the ~/.gvimrc file instead; it makes the .vimrc file cleaner when you separated out all of the gui-specific stuff.

My full vimrc and setup is here: http://github.com/bsandrow/vimc

{edit} Another good one:

  noremap Y y$

By default Y is mapped to the equivalent of yy. This makes Y act like the 'copy/yank' equivalent of D. {/edit}

Consider doing this instead:

  let mapleader = ","    " 
  let g:mapleader = ","

  map q :q!
  map s :w
  map w :x

The mapleader is basically used to give your custom keybindings a separate namespace. It looks like that's what your doing here, but using the variable makes it easier to change later f you want.

I think :set wildmenu is great, especially for relative newbies such as myself:

  command! CD cd %:p:h " change to current buffer's directory
  set incsearch " Incremental search
  set hlsearch " Highlight search
  set guifont=Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono\ 12
  set nowritebackup " no stupid backup files
  set noswapfile    " no stupid recovery files
  set wildmenu " it's wild
  set visualbell
  set fileformat=unix

This crap has accumulated over the years, so I'm not sure if any of it is obsolete or unneeded, but here's what I found in mine:

  set expandtab         " Convert tabs to spaces
  set tabstop=4         "  four spaces
  set shiftwidth=4      " Shift width four spaces (for auto indent)
  set noautoindent      " Turn off autoindent by default
  set smartindent       " Use smart indent instead
  set incsearch         " Use incremental searches (cool)
  set backspace=2       " Set backspace mode to allow backspacing in insert mode
  set ruler             " Show position of cursor in status line
  set showmatch         " Show matching parens/braces when writing code
  set wh=55             " Minimum window height
  set textwidth=78      " Maximum line width when writing comments

  " Speed up response to ESC key
  set notimeout
  set ttimeout
  set timeoutlen=100

  " Make completion more like bash
  set wildmode=longest,list

  " Cure hangs during compiles?
  set swapsync=

  " For fuck's sake, don't throw away the indent when i hit #
  inoremap # X^H#

  " Disable auto-commenting of // in C/C++
  au FileType c,cpp setlocal comments-=://

  " Highlight trailing whitespace
  hi TrailingSpace ctermbg=1
  au filetype c,cpp,python match TrailingSpace "\s\+\n"