syn on
# general

set history=1000        # lines of Ex-mode commands, search history
set browsedir=buffer    # use directory of the related buffer for file browser
set clipboard+=" unnamed"  # use clipboard register '*' for all y, d, c, p ops
set viminfo+=!          # make sure it can save viminfo
set isk+=$,%,#,-        # none of these should be word dividers
set confirm             # raise a dialog confirm whether save changed buffer
set fenc=utf-8          # default fileencoding
set fencs=utf-8,ucs-bom,euc-jp,gb18030,gbk,gb2312,cp936
map Q gq
# do not use Ex-mode, use Q for formatting
set columns=151
set lines=38
" path/backup
set nobackup

" Set tabsize to 4 and replace tabs with spaces
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab
set smarttab
set sm
"set guioptions-=T


" Text Formatting/Layout

set ai                  " autoindent
set si                  " smartindent
set cindent             " do C-style indenting
set fo=tcrqn            " see help (complex)
set complete=.,b,d,k,u,w,
  " Enable file type detection.
  " Use the default filetype settings, so that mail gets 'tw' set to 72,
  " 'cindent' is on in C files, etc.
  " Also load indent files, to automatically do language-dependent indenting.
set wrap


" visual cues
set showmatch           " show matching paren
set hlsearch          " do not highlight searched for phrases

set scrolloff=5         " minimal number of screen lines to keep above/below the cursor
set novisualbell        " use visual bell instead of beeping
set noerrorbells        " do not make noise
set listchars=tab:\|\ ,trail:.,extends:>,precedes:<,eol:$ " how :set list show

" Pressing < or > will let you indent/unident selected lines
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

" Set the font to 'Courier New' 'Regular' 'Size=10'
set guifont=monospace\ 12


" Vim UI
set selectmode=mouse,key      "select both with the mouse and shifted arrow key
set syntax=on                 " set syntax highlighting on
set linespace=0         " space it out a little more (easier to read)
set wildmenu            " type :h and press <Tab> to look what happens
set ruler               " always show current position along the bottom
set cmdheight=2         " use 2 screen lines for command-line
set lazyredraw          " do not redraw while executing macros (much faster)
set hid                 " allow to change buffer without saving
set backspace=2         " make backspace work normal
" set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l  " allow backspace and cursor keys to wrap
set mouse=a             " use mouse in all modes
set shortmess=atI       " shorten messages to avoid 'press a key' prompt
set report=0            " tell us when anything is changed via :...
set fillchars=vert:\ ,stl:\ ,stlnc:\
                        " make the splitters between windows be blank
                        "
"set cursorcolumn " highlight the current column
set cursorline " highlight current line
set incsearch " BUT do highlight as you type you search phrase
set laststatus=2 " always show the status line

" set list " we don't want to show tabs/space, to ensure we get them out of my files

set matchtime=5 " how many tenths of a second to blink matching brackets for
" set nohlsearch " do not highlight searched for phrases

set nostartofline " leave my cursor where it was
set nu
set numberwidth=5 " We are good up to 99999 lines
set showcmd " show the command being typed

" colors
"Try to load happy hacking teal colour scheme
"I copy this to ~/.vim/colors/hhteal.vim

"silent! colorscheme torte
"silent! colorscheme blue
"//"if exists("colors_name") == 0
"//"    "Otherwise modify the defaults appropriately
"//"
"//"    "background set to dark in .vimrc
"//"    "So pick appropriate defaults.
"//"    hi Normal     guifg=gray guibg=black
"//"    hi Visual     gui=none guifg=black guibg=yellow
"//"
"//"    "The following removes bold from all highlighting
"//"    "as this is usually rendered badly for me. Note this
"//"    "is not done in .vimrc because bold usually makes
"//"    "the colour brighter on terminals and most terminals
"//"    "allow one to keep the new colour while turning off
"//"    "the actual bolding.
"//"
"//"    " Steve Hall wrote this function for me on vim@vim.org
"//"    " See :help attr-list for possible attrs to pass
"//"    function! Highlight_remove_attr(attr)
"//"        " save selection registers
"//"        new
"//"        silent! put
"//"
"//"        " get current highlight configuration
"//"        redir @x
"//"        silent! highlight
"//"        redir END
"//"        " open temp buffer
"//"        new
"//"        " paste in
"//"        silent! put x
"//"
"//"        " convert to vim syntax (from Mkcolorscheme.vim,
"//"        "   Mkcolorscheme.vim - Help write colorscheme files from existing settings : vim online)
"//         delete empty,"links" and cleared" lines
"//"        silent! g/^$\| links \| cleared/d
"//"        " join any lines wrapped by the highlight command output
"//"        silent! %s/\n \+/ /
"//"        " remove the xxx's
"//"        silent! %s/ xxx / /
"//"        " add highlight commands
"//"        silent! %s/^/highlight /
"//"        " protect spaces in some font names
"//"        silent! %s/font=\(.*\)/font='\1'/
"//"
"//"         substitute bold with NONE"
"//"        execute 'silent! %s/' . a:attr . '\([\w,]*\)/NONE\1/geI'
"//"        " yank entire buffer
"//"        normal ggVG
"//"        " copy
"//"        silent! normal "xy
"//"        " run
"//"        execute @x
"//"
"//"        " remove temp buffer
"//"        bwipeout!
"//"
"//"        " restore selection registers
"//"        silent! normal ggVGy
"//"        bwipeout!
"//"    endfunction
"//"    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead * call Highlight_remove_attr("bold")
"//"    " Note adding ,Syntax above messes up the syntax loading
"//"    " See :help syntax-loading for more info
"//"endif
highlight Pmenu guibg=yellow guifg=black
highlight PmenuSel guibg=white guifg=black

" Spell check
function! ToggleSpell()
    if !exists("b:spell")
        setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb
        let b:spell = 1
    else
        setlocal nospell
        unlet b:spell
    endif
endfunction


" Warn whenever text exceeds 78 columns.
" let w:m1=matchadd('Search', '\%<79v.\%>78v', -1)
" let w:m2=matchadd('ErrorMsg', '\%>78v.\+', -1)
set visualbell
" Map keys for user frendly shortcuts
map <C-Tab> <Esc>:tabn<CR>
imap <C-Tab> <Esc>:tabn<CR>
map <C-S-Tab> <Esc>:tabp<CR>
imap <C-S-Tab> <Esc>:tabp<CR>

[rpillai@mfu-blr-33:/usr2/rpillai]% $SHELL -x .gvimrc
syn on
syn: Command not found.
set history=1000
set browsedir=buffer
set clipboard+= unnamed
set: Syntax Error.