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+" Richard Esguerra's .vimrc
+" inspired by <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3805>
+" inspired by <http://www.stripey.com/vim/vimrc.html>
+
+" https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
+execute pathogen#infect()
+
+" required for vim-powerline to work
+set laststatus=2
+
+" turn filetype and plugin scripts on; indent left out for momentary sanity
+filetype plugin on
+
+" sets tabwidth at 4 characters
+set tabstop=4
+
+" set shiftwidth=8
+" set expandtab
+
+" if a python file, expand tabs into spaces, set tabwidth at 4 characters, and
+" set autoindent commands to 4
+autocmd Filetype python setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
+
+" turn on autoindent
+set autoindent
+
+" always use line numbers
+set number
+
+" use incremental search
+set incsearch
+
+" use search highlighting; highlight items you search for
+set hlsearch
+
+" use case insensitive search by default; remove with :set noignorecase
+set ignorecase
+
+" use syntax highlighting
+syntax enable
+
+" always show tab bar
+set showtabline=2
+
+" set command line height to 2
+set ch=2
+
+" soft wrap = wrap to a new line between words, not between characters
+" set wrap linebreak textwidth=0
+
+" highlight the current line
+set cursorline
+
+" color settings for cursor line highlighting
+" hi CursorLine cterm=NONE ctermbg=darkgrey
+" old setting: hi CursorLine   cterm=NONE ctermbg=darkgrey
+" Full example parameters: hi CursorLine   cterm=NONE ctermbg=darkgrey ctermfg=white guibg=darkred
+
+" color settings for column line highlighting
+":hi CursorColumn cterm=NONE ctermbg=darkred ctermfg=white guibg=darkred
+
+" type :gf over filename to get list of colors
+" $VIMRUNTIME/rgb.txt
+
+" send commmands to change the title of the screen page when opening or
+" closing a file
+" !screen -X title @%
+" :au[tocmd] [group] {event} {pat} [nested] {cmd}
+autocmd BufNewFile * silent !screen -X title vim
+autocmd BufRead * silent !screen -X title %
+autocmd BufWrite * silent !screen -X title %
+autocmd VimLeave * silent !screen -X title bash
+
+" close vim if the only window left open is a NERDTree
+" from: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree
+autocmd bufenter * if (winnr("$") == 1 && exists("b:NERDTreeType") && b:NERDTreeType == "primary") | q | endif
+
+" powerline symbols
+let g:airline_powerline_fonts=1
+let ttimoutlen=50
+colorscheme solarized
+set background=dark
+let g:airline_theme='solarized'
+set t_Co=256 " needed to show colors of themes
+