.vimrc

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

" Vundle setup
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()

" let Vundle manage Vundle, required
Plugin 'gmarik/Vundle.vim'

" Vim Rails
Plugin 'git@github.com:tpope/vim-rails.git'
Plugin 'git@github.com:altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git'
" Go Support
Plugin 'fatih/vim-go'
" Handlebars
Plugin 'mustache/vim-mustache-handlebars'

call vundle#end()       
filetype plugin indent on

" ================ General Config ====================

set number                      "Line numbers are good
set backspace=indent,eol,start  "Allow backspace in insert mode
set history=1000                "Store lots of :cmdline history
set showcmd                     "Show incomplete cmds down the bottom
set showmode                    "Show current mode down the bottom
set gcr=a:blinkon0              "Disable cursor blink
set visualbell                  "No sounds
set autoread                    "Reload files changed outside vim

" This makes vim act like all other editors, buffers can
" exist in the background without being in a window.
" http://items.sjbach.com/319/configuring-vim-right
set hidden

"turn on syntax highlighting
syntax enable 
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized

" Change leader to a comma because the backslash is too far away
" That means all \x commands turn into ,x
" The mapleader has to be set before vundle starts loading all 
" the plugins.
let mapleader=","

" =============== Vundle Initialization ===============
" This loads all the plugins specified in ~/.vim/vundle.vim
" Use Vundle plugin to manage all other plugins
if filereadable(expand("~/.vim/vundles.vim"))
  source ~/.vim/vundles.vim
endif

" ================ Turn Off Swap Files ==============

set noswapfile
set nobackup
set nowb

" ================ Persistent Undo ==================
" Keep undo history across sessions, by storing in file.
" Only works all the time.

silent !mkdir ~/.vim/backups > /dev/null 2>&1
set undodir=~/.vim/backups
set undofile

" ================ Indentation ======================

set autoindent
set smartindent
set smarttab
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab

filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" Display tabs and trailing spaces visually
set list listchars=tab:\ \ ,trail:·

set nowrap       "Don't wrap lines
set linebreak    "Wrap lines at convenient points

" ================ Folds ============================

set foldmethod=indent   "fold based on indent
set foldnestmax=3       "deepest fold is 3 levels
set nofoldenable        "dont fold by default

" ================ Completion =======================

set wildmode=list:longest
set wildmenu                "enable ctrl-n and ctrl-p to scroll thru matches
set wildignore=*.o,*.obj,*~ "stuff to ignore when tab completing
set wildignore+=*vim/backups*
set wildignore+=*sass-cache*
set wildignore+=*DS_Store*
set wildignore+=vendor/rails/**
set wildignore+=vendor/cache/**
set wildignore+=*.gem
set wildignore+=log/**
set wildignore+=tmp/**
set wildignore+=*.png,*.jpg,*.gif

"

" ================ Scrolling ========================

set scrolloff=8         "Start scrolling when we're 8 lines away from margins
set sidescrolloff=15
set sidescroll=1

" =============== Misc =====================
"
" ------------ Smart window killing from YADR ------------

" Use Q to intelligently close a window 
" (if there are multiple windows into the same buffer)
" or kill the buffer entirely if it's the last window looking into that buffer
function! CloseWindowOrKillBuffer()
  let number_of_windows_to_this_buffer = len(filter(range(1, winnr('$')), "winbufnr(v:val) == bufnr('%')"))

  " We should never bdelete a nerd tree
  if matchstr(expand("%"), 'NERD') == 'NERD'
    wincmd c
    return
  endif

  if number_of_windows_to_this_buffer > 1
    wincmd c
  else
    bdelete
  endif
endfunction

nnoremap <silent> Q :call CloseWindowOrKillBuffer()<CR>