My Vim setup

[updated: 02.03.14; 11.4.10; 23.2.10; 17.1.10; 29.8.09; 31.8.09]
vimrc
(UNIX/Mac: ~/.vimrc; Windows: $VIM/_vimrc)

" vim:fo-=a


set nocompatible


"== pathogen
call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles() 


filetype plugin indent on 



set autowriteall   " auto save the file on things like :next

set switchbuf=usetab,newtab


" Make shift-insert work like in Xterm
map  
map!  

if version >= 500

  " highlight strings inside C comments
  let c_comment_strings=1

  " Switch on syntax highlighting if it wasn't on yet.
  if !exists("syntax_on")
    syntax on
  endif

  " Switch on search pattern highlighting.
  set hlsearch

endif



set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab

set linebreak      " dont linebreak inside words
set mousehide    " hide the mouse when typing text
set splitbelow


"== search related
set ignorecase smartcase
set incsearch
function! NoHLSearch(pat)
   call search(a:pat)
   set nohls
   set hls
endfunction
" command -nargs=1 S :call NoHLSearch()
" F5 - toggle highlight search
map  :set hls!set hls?


" unicode - for hars pasted from web-pages, PDFs etc (see usr_45.txt)
set encoding=utf-8


" ** actualyl these sould be defined in vimrc and called in there to set
" the default that is set when vim is run.
function! NormalWritingModeLinesAndLinespace()
    set lines=36
    set linespace=4
endfunction

function! DraftingWritingModeLinesAndLinespace()
    set lines=21
    set linespace=13
endfunction


"== syntax/display
set columns=75
" set lines=38
" now setting it to less as i've increased linespace
" set lines=32
" set linespace=5
call NormalWritingModeLinesAndLinespace()
set ch=2  " Make command line two lines high
set laststatus=2   " so last remaining window always has a statusline
" make closed folds less visually prominent
highlight Folded guifg=LightBlue
function! MyFoldText()
    let leadingSpaces = "                                                                   "
    return leadingSpaces . "\\" . (v:foldend - v:foldstart)
endfunction
set foldtext=MyFoldText()
" note that the following has a backslash followed by one space
set fillchars=fold:\ 
highlight statusline guibg=LightGray guifg=DarkGray gui=none
set statusline=
set statusline+=%{getline(search(\"^[:#]\",\ \"bnW\"))}   " show curr heading
set statusline+=%=                                     " show rest right justified.
set statusline+=\ \ %c\,\ %l\ (%L)                     " col, line (tot lines)
highlight CursorLine guibg=#D9D9D9
"colorscheme morning
"set background=light " dark   " for solarized
if has("gui_macvim")
    colorscheme solarized
else
    colorscheme morning
endif



set backup          " turn on backup
set backupdir=/Temp/vimFileBackups    " dir for tilde files
set dir=/Temp/vimSwapFiles     " dir for swap files 
" mustn't have trailing slash. otherwise subsequent additions wont work 
set path+=~/Notes
set path+=~/PhD


set autoindent


set browsedir=current       " open file browser in current dir 

set selectmode=key



"== snipmate options
let g:snips_author = "James Cole" 


"== taglist options
let g:Tlist_Auto_Open=1
set updatetime=100
let Tlist_WinWidth = 40
let tlist_text_settings  = 'text;h:headings'
nnoremap   :TlistToggle
" To not display the Vim fold column in the taglist window
let g:Tlist_Enable_Fold_Column = 0
" only show contents of the current file in current tab
let g:Tlist_Show_One_File = 1

" weird, my computer crashed and after restarting it would no longer 
" generate the tags. it'd say 
" Taglist: Failed to generate tags for /my/path/to/file
"   ctags: illegal option -- -^@usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...
" Taglist FAQ says this is coz its not using the exuberant ctags file.
" if i type ctags in shell it gets exuberant one...
" but anyway i recently installed oh-my-zsh, which might be somehow the 
" problem.  setting the following var fixes the prob
" This seems to be about this problem (though I didn't it all):
" http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/MacVim-and-PATH-td3388705.html
let Tlist_Ctags_Cmd = '/usr/local/bin/ctags'



" assume it gets a valid filename and path 
function! GetMarkdownHtmlFilename()
    let b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc = expand('%:t:r') . ".html"
    let dialogPrompt = "Name and location for HTML file"
    let b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc = 
        \ inputdialog( dialogPrompt, expand('%:p:h') .  "/" .  b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc) 
    let menuTypeAndLoc = "amenu 900.107 "
    let menuItemName = "&Personal.A&uto\\-generate\\ HTML\\ on\\ save"
    let menuCall = ":silent call GetMarkdownHtmlFilename()"
    let menuDef = menuTypeAndLoc . menuItemName . menuCall
    execute(menuDef)
endfunction

" let markdownUtilName = "multimarkdown"
let markdownUtilName = "peg-markdown"
function! SaveFile()
    w
    TlistUpdate
    if exists("b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc")
        execute("!" . g:markdownUtilName . " % > " . b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc)
    endif
endfunction

nnoremap   :silent call SaveFile()
inoremap   :silent call SaveFile()
vnoremap   :silent call SaveFile()gv


"== tabbar options
let g:tagbar_expand = 1
let g:tagbar_updateonsave_maxlines = 7000



"== scrolling 
imap  
set sidescroll=1   " smooth horizontal scrolling - 1 char at a time
set scrolloff=1


"== cut and paste
" set clipboard+=unnamed    " copy yanks and deletions to system clipboard 
" send all yanked text to the system clipboard
nnoremap y "+y
" a 'cut' operator that can be used with text-objects, where cut text
" is placed on the system clipboard.
nmap \u "+d


" F4 - show list of headings in document
map  :g/^:/

" F6 - change all the non-displayed chars to plain-text equivs
"    (note how have to escape pipes between commands, and
"     double escape pipes within replace commands)
map  :%s/—/--/ge \| %s/…/.../ge  \| %s/“\\|”/"/ge  \|  %s/‘\\|’/'/ge


" F7 - to condense selected lines
" very quick a dirty way to do it, should put all the words in a datastructure
" and handle words and their variants ending with s better
map   :s/\/\&/ge  \| '<,'>s/\/tt/ge \| '<,'>s/\/b\/ween/ge \| '<,'>s/\/w\//ge \| '<,'>s/\/info/ge \| '<,'>s/\/compu/ge \| '<,'>s/\/r/ge \| '<,'>s/\/pic/ge \| '<,'>s/\/2/ge \| '<,'>s/\/in2/ge \| '<,'>s/\/b/ge \| '<,'>s/\/defn'd/ge \| '<,'>s/\/4/ge \| '<,'>s/\/Howevr/ge \| '<,'>s/\/defn /ge \| '<,'>s/\/partic/ge \| '<,'>s/\/thng/ge \| '<,'>s/\/thngs/ge \| '<,'>s/\/whch/ge \| '<,'>s/\/prt/ge \| '<,'>s/\/arg/ge \| '<,'>s/\/u/ge\| '<,'>s/\/wnt/ge \| '<,'>s/\/othr/ge \| '<,'>s/\/corresp/ge \| '<,'>s/\/4/ge\| '<,'>s/\/reps/ge \| '<,'>s/\/abve/ge \| '<,'>s/\/char/ge \| '<,'>s/\/chars/ge \| '<,'>s/\/req'd/ge \| '<,'>s/\/undef'd/ge \| '<,'>s/\/replacemnt/ge \| '<,'>s/\/dest/ge \| '<,'>s/\/src/ge \| '<,'>s/\/ure/ge \| '<,'>s/\/langs/ge \| '<,'>s/\/frm/ge \| '<,'>s/\/orig/ge \| '<,'>s/\/abt/ge \| '<,'>s/\/prop/ge \| '<,'>s/\/attrib/ge \| '<,'>s/\/qu/ge \| '<,'>s/\/diff/ge \| '<,'>s/\/philos/ge \| '<,'>s/\/impl/ge \| '<,'>s/\/req'd/ge \| '<,'>s/\/elems/ge \| '<,'>s/\/elem/ge


" insert '.x' at the start of the line - i've got syntax highlighting so
" that this line is 'crossed off' (as a plain text equiv so strikethrough)
" i use it for my planning docs and the 'to do' sorts of items in it
map  I.x 


" pump out lines below the cursor 
" orig ver: nnoremap  ok
" newer ver that supports counts - see http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Mapping_keys_in_Vim_-_Tutorial_(Part_2)
" nnoremap  @='ok'


" execute the selected lines on the ex-line 
" e.g. if those lines contain a function you're coding, or a map
" so you don't have to copy those lines then type ':@"' 
vnoremap x "xy:@x





" note that we may have already deleted some of the files created today..... 
"   e.g. the files from today left might be 
"          100423.txt
"          100423--3.txt
"          100423--4.txt
" and we don't really want to just find the first available sequence num....
" but actually the first one after the current greatest sequence num
function! SaveNewPhdFile()    
    let today = strftime("%y%m%d") 
    let newFileName = today
    let theFileNames = glob(newFileName . "*.txt")
    let suffixes = []
    for fileName in split(theFileNames, "\n")
        let res = matchlist(fileName, "--\\(\\d\\+\\)")
        if res != []
            call add(suffixes, res[1]) 
        " assume it is the unsuffixed file for this date
        else 
            call add(suffixes, 1)        
        endif
    endfor
    " note: max rets 0 on an empty list, which will be case when none of the files had suffixes
    let suffix = max(suffixes) + 1  
    if (suffix > 1)
        let newFileName = newFileName . "--" . suffix . ".txt"
        " ^ for some reason += isnt working  ??
    else
        let newFileName = newFileName . ".txt"
    endif
    exec "w " . newFileName
endfunction

command CreatePhdDocument :call SaveNewPhdFile()

" improvement: hmm, i think i could exec both of these in the one command... and
" whatever is used to separate two commands.. like an ampersand i
" think...thatd guarntee that one only happens after the other and that
" only a single window is used.
function! AddFileToGit()
    exec "silent !git add " . expand("%:p")
    exec "silent !git commit " . expand("%:p") . " -m 'added'"
endfunction
command AddFileToGit :call AddFileToGit()



" @nextAvailable - if '1' attempt to delete the next block of whitespace lines
"   in the given direction, not just any immediately above current line
function! DeleteBlankLinesAboveOrBelow(direction, nextAvailable)
    let currLineNum = getpos(".")[1]
    if (a:nextAvailable == 1)
        let currLineNum = GetNextWhiteSpaceLine(currLineNum, a:direction)
    else
        let currLineNum = Next(currLineNum, a:direction)
    endif
    while (WithinDocument(currLineNum))
        if getline(currLineNum) =~ "^\\s*$"
            exec currLineNum . "delete"
            " note that if we're deleting lines below (direction == 0)
            " then the line numbers below will be one less each time we
            " delete a line
            if (a:direction == 1)
                let currLineNum = Next(currLineNum, a:direction)
            endif
        else
            break
        endif
    endwhile
endfunction

    "  ^ the problem i was having was coz i wasnt reading the documentation of
    "   delete closely enough. i thought you put the line number (or rather,
    "   range) /after/ the delete text. 
    

" the maps stand for 'delete blanks above/below' 
nmap  dba :call DeleteBlankLinesAboveOrBelow(1, 0)
nmap  dbA :call DeleteBlankLinesAboveOrBelow(1, 1)
nmap  dbb :call DeleteBlankLinesAboveOrBelow(0, 0)
nmap  dbB :call DeleteBlankLinesAboveOrBelow(0, 1)

" ^ hmm, if you have these maps as 
"       dsa     (delete space above, etc etc)
"       dsA
"       dsb
"       dsB
"   then for some unknonw reason when you 
"   type 'dd' it pauses before doing it, as if you could be typing 
"   some other thing after it - but none of these start with 'dd' ??
"   but then why can surround.vim not have this effect??


    " @direction:  1 - up, 0 - down
    function! Next(item, direction)
        if (a:direction == 1)
            return a:item - 1
        else
            return a:item + 1
        endif
    endfunction


    function! WithinDocument(lineNum)
        return a:lineNum >= 1 && a:lineNum <= getpos("$")[1]
    endfunction


    function! GetNextWhiteSpaceLine(currLineNum, direction)
        " cases (just in the upwards direction)
        "     - 1. next line above *is* whitespace
        "     - 2. next line above isnt whitespace
        "         - 2.1 whitespace line is N lines above
        "         - 2.2 there are *no* lines of whitespace above
        " 
        "     - 1 & 2 r both handled coz it is passed the line the cursor was
        "       on when deletion command was called, and it just starts looking
        "       from that line 
        "     - the code in general handles 2.1
        "     - the uses of WithinDocument handle 2.2
        let newLineNum = Next(a:currLineNum, a:direction) 
        while ( getline(newLineNum) !~ "^\\s*$" && WithinDocument(newLineNum) )
            let newLineNum = Next(newLineNum, a:direction)
        endwhile
        if !WithinDocument(newLineNum)
            return a:currLineNum
        else
            return newLineNum
        endif
    endfunction
     " *** should really put the regex for whitespace lines into a var!
    " testing map  :echo(GetNextWhiteSpaceLine(getpos(".")[1], 1))


function! FormatXml()
   % !xmllint.exe % --format
endfunction
command FormatXml :call FormatXml()



function! SOnPlural(num)
    if a:num == 1 || a:num == -1
        return ""
    else
        return "s"
endfunction


cd ~/PhD/working/2013/

" show the 'cued-up' keys as you type them, eg as you type 3d
set showcmd

" Highlight from start of fileEdit
" most accurate but slowest 
" see http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Fix_syntax_highlighting 
" autocmd BufEnter * :syntax sync fromstart

set textwidth=9000
set formatoptions-=a

autocmd FileType text set textwidth=75
" auto-format as you insert text
autocmd FileType text set formatoptions+=a
" With this, a linebreak means a new para, unless trailing whitespace at 
" end of line.  It means that the 'a' option doesn't auto join lines 
" separated by a linebreak.
autocmd FileType text set formatoptions+=w

set hidden
set switchbuf=useopen,usetab

set tabpagemax=35

let g:gitgutter_enabled = 0

set foldmethod=manual

gvimrc
(UNIX/Mac: ~/.gvimrc; Windows: $VIM/_gvimrc)

" vim:fo-=a

if has("win16") || has("win32") || has("win64")|| has("win95")
    " get normal ALT-SPACE behavior 
    map  :simalt ~
    set gfn=Lucida_Sans_Typewriter:h18:cANSI
elseif has("gui_macvim")
    set gfn=Menlo:h15
endif

set cursorline   " highlight line cursor is on


set guioptions-=T    " no toolbar

" must be set in vimrc rather than vimrc - they're values are reset when
" gvim starts
set vb t_vb= 


function! SubsituteTildeForHomeDir(path)
    "
    " want the trailing slash to avoid case of a file in
    " parent of homedir starting with homedir's name
    " e.g. if homedir is /users/James
    " if there was a file called /users/JamesNotex.txt
    "
    let homeDir = expand("~") . "/"
    let newPath = substitute(a:path, "^" . homeDir, "~/", "")
    return newPath
endfunction


" sets window title that shows, in this order, these details:
"  - for unnamed files
"    - '[No Name]'
"    - a '+' if buffer has been modified
"    - current working directory
"    - vim server instance name
"  - for named files
"    - filename
"    - a '+' if buffer has been modified
"    - path
"    - if we're currently auto-generating HTML for this markup,
"      indicate name+path of that file
"    - vim server instance name
" in any paths, a tilde is substituted for the home directory
"
function! JamesTitleString()

    " get list of nums of the buffers assoc'd w/ each window in curr tab page.
    let l:bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist()
    
    let fileNameAndPath = bufname(l:bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(tabpagenr()) - 1])

    " show only the filename (get rid of all the path details)
    let fileName = substitute(fileNameAndPath, ".*/", "", "")

    " 'escape' ampersands, so they 1) aren't hidden
    "  & 2) make character following them underlined
    let fileName = substitute(fileName, "&", "&&", "g")

    if fileNameAndPath == ""
        let title = "[No Name]"
    else
        let title = fileName
    endif

    " Add '+' if the current buffer in the tab page is modified
    if getbufvar(l:bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(tabpagenr()) - 1], "&modified")
        let title = title . ' +'
    endif
    
    if fileNameAndPath == ""
        let title = title . " (CWD: " . SubsituteTildeForHomeDir(getcwd()) . ")" 
    endif


    if fileNameAndPath != ""
        let title = title . " ("
        let title = title . SubsituteTildeForHomeDir(expand("%:h"))
        let title = title . ")"
    endif

    " if we're currently auto-generating HTML for this markup, indicate name+path of that file
    if exists("b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc")    
       let title = title . " [->" . b:htmlFileNameForMarkdownDoc . "]"
    endif

    let title = title . " - " . v:servername

    return title
endfunction

set title
set titlestring=%{JamesTitleString()}
" max size of titlestring
set titlelen=100




function! JamesTabLabel() 
    let label = ''
    let bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist(v:lnum)

    " Add '+' if one of the buffers in the tab page is modified
    for bufnr in bufnrlist
      if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modified")
        let label = '+'
        break
      endif
    endfor

    " Append the number of windows in the tab page if more than one
    " let wincount = tabpagewinnr(v:lnum, '$')
    " if wincount > 1
    "   let label .= wincount
    " endif
    " if label != ''
    "   let label .= ' '
    " endif
    " ^ commented out because it includes taglist window in count
    "   an enhancement would be to filter it out

    let fileName = bufname(bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(v:lnum) - 1])

    " show only the filename (get rid of all the path details)
    let fileName = substitute(fileName, ".*/", "", "")

    " 'escape' ampersands, so they 1) aren't hidden
    "  & 2) make character following them underlined
    let fileName = substitute(fileName, "&", "&&", "g")

    " don't show '.txt' extensions
    let fileName = substitute(fileName, "\\.txt$", "", "")

    let label = label . fileName

    return label
endfunction

set guitablabel=%{JamesTabLabel()}


function! OpenMyFiles()
    " note that for filepaths, must use forwards-slashes
    let notesDir      = "~/Notes"
    let phdWorkingDir = "~/PhD/working"
    let dropBoxDir    = "~/Dropbox"
    let fileList = [ 
        \ notesDir      . "/2014-plan.txt", 
        \ notesDir      . "/2014-days.txt", 
        \ dropBoxDir    . "/Apps/PlainText\\ 2/plan.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/vim.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/biograph.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/food&drinks.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/artsRelated.txt",
        \ phdWorkingDir . "/phdNotesInclSources.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/projectsToWorkOn.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/doAndGet-ideas.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/media-ideas.txt",
        \ notesDir      . "/presents-ideas.txt"
        \ ]

"        \ notesDir      . "/compu.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/aiya,univData.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/thinking&Knowl.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/writing.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/postQueue.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/otherIdeas.txt",
"        \ notesDir      . "/I-F&Games.txt",


    for fileName in fileList
        exec "e " . fileName
        exec "tabe"
    endfor
    exec "tabc"
    exec "tabdo :TlistToggle"
    " now, put the focus on the days file 
    exec "normal! 2gt"
    set columns=135
endfunction


" dev notes:
" originally I didnt have the command there to join the lines, and it 
" didnt work properly.  the reason was that you can't call exec like that
" when there are a range of lines specified on the command line, as there
" will be because there is a selection - and that sucks.  the only
" reasonable option would be if i could just put the 's' command there
" without putting it as an arg to the exec...which i tried but it didnt 
" seem to work.  if you use the substitute function, it only works on a 
" per-line basis, which'd be a pain.  
" could ask vim-use if there's a better way to do this.
function! ConvertStringToFileName()
    normal! gv
    normal! J
    exec "s#\\<\\l#\\u&#ge"
    normal! gv
    exec "s/ //ge"
    exec "s/:/-/ge"
endfunction


" kinda silly way to impl this - I dont know how to define it as a string
" and just insert that string.  dont know how to encode the linebreaks. but
" it works.
function! InsertNotesFileFields()
    let oldFo = &fo
    set fo-=a
    normal! O
    normal! otitle=
    normal! oauthor=
    normal! otype=
    normal! oyear=
    normal! otopics=
    normal! oread=
    normal! o
    normal! o
    normal! o----------
    normal! o
    let &fo = oldFo
endfunction


" requires the input text to be visual selection
function! CleanTranslinkResult()
    let stringsToRemove = "Take Bus\\|\\t\\|(.\\{-})\\|daily timetable\\|trip timetable\\|Departing\\|Arriving\\|Zones travelled in:.*$\\|Fares for this journey.*$\\|Fare included in the next trip.*$" 
    normal! gv
    exec "'<,'>s/" . stringsToRemove . "//ge"
endfunction


function! WrapAllLines()
    let oldTw = &tw
    let &tw = 9000
    normal! gg
    normal! gqG
    let &tw = oldTw
endfunction


function! CloseTlistAndSetColumns()
    TlistClose
    set columns=76
endfunction





function! GetLevel(theLine)
    if a:theLine =~ "^:" 
        return 0 
    else
        return 1
    endif
endfunction


function! FoldOnColonHeadings()
    setlocal foldmethod=expr
    " Make all the text within each section a fold 
    " note that you dont call that func you just spec the func name setlocal
    setlocal foldexpr=GetLevel(getline(v:lnum))
    " set columns=77
    " setlocal foldcolumn=2
    normal! zR
endfunction



"== menus

function! OpenMyFiles_MenuItem()
    call OpenMyFiles()
    amenu disable &Personal.&Open\ Standard\ Files
endfunction



amenu 900.100 &Personal.&Open\ Standard\ Files    :silent call OpenMyFiles_MenuItem()

amenu 900.105 &Personal.C&lose\ Tlist\ and\ Set\ Columns    :silent call CloseTlistAndSetColumns()

amenu 900.107 &Personal.A&uto\-generate\ HTML\ on\ save  :silent call GetMarkdownHtmlFilename()

amenu 900.109 &Personal.Toggle\ GitGutter :GitGutterToggle

amenu 900.110 &Personal.&Format\ XML :silent call FormatXml()

amenu 900.120 &Personal.&Convert\ String\ To\ File\ Name :silent call ConvertStringToFileName()

amenu 900.140 &Personal.Clean\ &Translink\ Result :silent call CleanTranslinkResult()

amenu 900.150 &Personal.&Insert\ Notes\ File\ Fields :silent call InsertNotesFileFields()

amenu 900.160 &Personal.&Wrap\ All\ Lines :silent call WrapAllLines()

" eventually i want to put ticks next to the selected ones ✓

amenu 900.170 &Personal.W&riting\ Mode.&Normal :silent call NormalWritingModeLinesAndLinespace()

amenu 900.180 &Personal.W&riting\ Mode.&Drafting :silent call DraftingWritingModeLinesAndLinespace()


colorscheme solarized
set background=light   " for solarized
    " its set to dark in vimrc, as light is unreadable in terminal
" make the highlighting of search terms less prominent
" this is a lighter shade of brown
" highlight Search guifg=#cbac4c
highlight Search guifg=#dac47f

Autocommand for setting filetype of .txt files
(UNIX/MAC: ~/.vim/bundle/myadditions/ftdetect/txt.vim; Windows: $VIM/vimfiles/bundle/myadditions/ftdetect/txt.vim)

au BufNewFile,BufRead *.txt                     setf txt

$HOME/ctags.cnf (unix/mac: $HOME/.ctags. ctags website).

--langdef=txt
--langmap=txt:.txt
--txt-kinds=+h
--regex-txt=/^(:.*)$/\1/h,headings/

($HOME is an environment variable ctags uses; that's where it looks for the configuration file - I've set mine to same dir as $VIM)

$VIM/vimfiles/syntax/txt.vim

syntax match lvl1Heading /^:[^:].*$/
syntax match lvl2Heading /^::[^:].*$/
syntax match lvl3Heading /^:::[^:].*$/
syntax match lvl4Heading /^::::[^:].*$/
syntax match lvl5Heading /^:::::.*$/

highlight lvl1Heading guifg=#0000FF
highlight lvl2Heading guifg=#0075FF
highlight lvl3Heading guifg=#0095FF
highlight lvl4Heading guifg=#60B9FF
highlight lvl5Heading guifg=#90DCFF


syntax match crossedOutLine /^\s*\.x.*$/
highlight crossedOutLine guifg=#AAAAAA

Add-on scripts

• matchit
• three related ones by Tim Pope
• surround
• repeat
• allml
• snipMate - TextMate-style snippets for Vim
  • though i haven't used this one much yet
• taglist
  • for this i've installed ctags, and put it in my PATH environment variable (in my case in c:\programs\ctags58)
  • to get it to work properly with tabs (the 'tabs' for selecting different files, not the 'tabs' for indenting) apply the following patch

    --- plugin/taglist.vim 2008-08-13 19:04:48 +0000
    +++ plugin/taglist.vim 2008-08-27 19:24:49 +0000
    @@ -4097,6 +4097,12 @@
    " window. Used after entering a tab. If this is not done, then the folds
    " are not properly created for taglist windows displayed in multiple
    tabs.
    function! s:Tlist_Refresh_Folds()
    +
    + " Not needed when one file is displayed.
    + if g:Tlist_Show_One_File
    + return
    + endif
    +
    let winnum = bufwinnr(g:TagList_title)
    if winnum == -1
    return

• renamer - rename multiple files by editing a text document
  • Allows you to use the familiar editing techniques like regexs and using visual-block mode to rename multiple files, and also not have to deal with the escaping you have to do with a shell
  • I came across this in a discussion thread about the editor-agnostic massren util, which allows you to do a similar thing. I ended up using renamer as I couldn't get massren running properly on my system.

How I've dealt with Vim's temp files

Details here.