" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible

" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start

set autoindent		" always set autoindenting on
set history=50		" keep 50 lines of command line history
set ruler		" show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd		" display incomplete commands
set incsearch		" do incremental searching
set ignorecase
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set wrap
set tw=80
set cpoptions=
set viminfo=
set smarttab            " tab the shiftwidth
set expandtab           " space out tabs
set hidden
set background=light

" Use 'desert' color scheme
colorscheme desert

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

" Make p in Visual mode replace the selected text with the "" register.
vnoremap p <Esc>:let current_reg = @"<CR>gvs<C-R>=current_reg<CR><Esc>

" This is an alternative that also works in block mode, but the deleted
" text is lost and it only works for putting the current register.
"vnoremap p "_dp

" 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")
  syntax on
  "set hlsearch
endif
set nohlsearch

if has("autocmd")
 augroup cprog
  " Remove all cprog autocommands
  au!

  " When starting to edit a file:
  "   For C and C++ files set formatting of comments and set C-indenting on.
  "   For other files switch it off.
  "   Don't change the order, it's important that the line with * comes first.
  autocmd FileType *      set formatoptions=tcql nocindent comments&
  autocmd FileType c,cpp,java  set formatoptions=croql cindent comments=sr:/*,mb:*,el:*/,://
 augroup END
endif

" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
if has("autocmd")

  " 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.
  filetype plugin indent on

  " For all text files set 'textwidth' to 78 characters.
  autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78

  " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
  " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
  " (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
  autocmd BufReadPost *
    \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
    \   exe "normal g`\"" |
    \ endif

  " When opening a file, automatically change to its directory.
  autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h

endif " has("autocmd")