vimrc.after

"This disables the arrow keys in normal and insert mode. It's a good way to force yourself to use movement commands, especially when learning.
"http://vimbits.com/bits/8
nnoremap <up> <nop>
nnoremap <down> <nop>
nnoremap <left> <nop>
nnoremap <right> <nop>
inoremap <up> <nop>
inoremap <down> <nop>
inoremap <left> <nop>
inoremap <right> <nop>

" Opens a tab edit command with the path of the currently edited file filled in
" In normal mode do <Leader>e
map <Leader>e :tabe <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>

" Create a new nested directory or create a new file inside a nested directory
" In normal mode do <Leader>p
map <Leader>p :!mktouch <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>


" Do not create swap file. In this even if a vim application has loaded a
" rails application I can open another vim instance and load the same
" application
set noswapfile

" Keep large command line history and undo levels
set history=1000
set undolevels=1000

" ensure that all aliases also work in mvim command prompt
" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4642822/vim-is-not-obeying-command-aliases
set shell=/bin/bash\ -i

" do not display dots for trailing whitespace
set nolist
color molokai