ben /vimrc 

" basics
set nocompatible        " use gVim defaults
set mouse=a             " make sure mouse is used in all cases.
set fileformat=unix     " force unix-style line breaks
set tabpagemax=30       " maximum number of tabs
" tabs and indenting
set expandtab           " insert spaces instead of tab chars
set tabstop=2           " a n-space tab width
set shiftwidth=2        " allows the use of < and > for VISUAL indenting
set softtabstop=2       " counts n spaces when DELETE or BCKSPCE is used

if has("autocmd")
  filetype plugin indent on " indents behaviour depends on type
else
  set autoindent        " auto indents next new line
endif
  
"set nosmartindent      " intelligent indenting -- DEPRECATED by cindent
"set nocindent          " set C style indenting off, I don't write C!

" searching
set nohlsearch          " dont highlight all search results
set incsearch           " increment search
set ignorecase          " case-insensitive search
set smartcase           " upper-case sensitive search

" formatting
set backspace=2         " full backspacing capabilities
set history=100         " 100 lines of command line history
set cmdheight=1         " command line height
set laststatus=1        " occasions to show status line, 2=always.
set ruler               " ruler display in status line
set showmode            " show mode at bottom of screen
set showcmd             " display some infos (in visual)
set number              " show line numbers
set nobackup            " disable backup files (filename~)
set showmatch           " show matching brackets (),{},[]
set ww=<,>,[,]          " whichwrap -- left/right keys can traverse up/down

" syntax highlighting
syntax on               " enable syntax highlighting

" set templatepath .vim/plugin/templates.vim 
let g:templatePath = "/home/ben/.vim/templates"

" strip ^M linebreaks from dos formatted files
map M :%s/$//g

" highlight redundant whitespaces and tabs.
"highlight RedundantSpaces ctermbg=red guibg=red
"match RedundantSpaces /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t\|\t/

" gvim settings
"set guioptions-=T" Disable toolbar icons
set guifont=Dejavu\ Sans\ Mono\ 10 " backslash spaces
"set lines=30
"set columns=95

" F5 toggles spell checking
:map  :setlocal spell! spelllang=de_de
:imap  :setlocal spell! spelllang=de_de

" common save shortcuts ~ dont work with vim :(
"inoremap  :wa
"nnoremap  :w

" Mapping for Copy/Paste
map  "+x
map  "+y
map  "+p
" enter ex mode with semi-colon
nnoremap ; :
vnoremap ; :

" strip ^M linebreaks from dos formatted files
map M :%s/$//g

" mutt rules
au BufRead /tmp/mutt-* set tw=72 spell
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