set ruler
set noeb
"set visualbell
set bs=2							 " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
"set ai								 " always set autoindenting on	
"set cindent
set background=dark
syntax on
set hlsearch					 " highlight search - show the current search pattern	
set esckeys            " allow usage of cursor keys within insert mode
"set formatoptions=cqrt " Options for the "text format" command ("gq") 
set history=50         " keep 50 lines of command line history
set hidden             " allow multiple files editing 
set nowrap             " don't wrap lines at the edge of the screen
set nocompatible       " Use Vim defaults (much better!)
set magic              " Use 'magic' patterns  (extended regular expressions)
set showcmd						 " Show current uncompleted command?  Absolutely!	
set showmatch					 " Show the matching bracket	
set tabstop=8          " a tab is eight space 
set shiftwidth=4
set t_Co=8             " termnal with only 8 colors
set ttyfast						 " are we using a fast terminal?	
set ttyscroll=0				 " turn off scrolling -> faster!
set wildchar=<TAB>     " the char used for "expansion" on the command line
set textwidth=0
"Prevent loading of the matchparen module
"If it is loaded, can turn it off on with NoMatchParen / DoMatchParen
let loaded_matchparen=1

filetype plugin indent on
"set cinoptions=+4,:0,(4
set cinoptions=>2s,:0,(1s,u0
helptags ~/.vim/doc
set syntax=CVSAnnotate
set syntax=SVNAnnotate
set syntax=vcscommit

map Q gq               " Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting 

"make <ctrl>l also clear search highlighted search text
nmap <C-l> :noh<CR>:redraw!<CR>

set tags=./tags,tags,../tags,../../tags,../../../tags,../../../../tags,../../../../../tags,../../../../../../tags,../../../../../../../tags

"hi Statement    term=bold ctermfg=Cyan guifg=#80a0ff
"hi Constant   term=underline ctermfg=Magenta guifg=#ffa0a0
"hi Preproc    term=bold ctermfg=LightRed guifg=Orange
"hi Identifier term=underline cterm=bold ctermfg=Cyan guifg=#40ffff
"hi Comment  term=bold ctermfg=Yellow guifg=#ffff60 gui=bold
"hi Special    term=underline ctermfg=LightBlue guifg=#ff80ff
"hi Type       term=underline ctermfg=LightGreen guifg=#60ff60 gui=bold
"hi Ignore     ctermfg=black guifg=bg

"hi Comment    ctermfg=green      ctermbg=black 
"hi Delimiter  ctermfg=yellow     ctermbg=black
"hi Identifier ctermfg=yellow     ctermbg=black
"hi LineNr     ctermfg=white      ctermbg=black
"hi Normal     ctermfg=grey      ctermbg=black
"hi PreProc    ctermfg=yellow     ctermbg=black 
"hi Special    ctermfg=cyan       ctermbg=black 
"hi Search     ctermfg=red        ctermbg=white
"hi Statement  ctermfg=blue       ctermbg=black
"hi Type       ctermfg=blue       ctermbg=black