syntax on
filetype plugin indent on	"load plugin and indent files associated a detected filetype

set backspace=indent,eol,start  " more powerful backspacing
set nocompatible
set showmatch	"highlights matching brackets on cursor hover
set tabstop=4   
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set ai
set number
set hlsearch
set ruler
set nohlsearch	"highlights searches
set incsearch	"incremental search (searches character by character)
set ignorecase	"ignores the case of a search
set smartcase	"only ignores case if there are no capital letters in search (only works after ignorecase has been set)
set splitbelow " split horiz below
set noswapfile
set nobackup
set splitright " split new to the right when doing vertical
set path+=**
set nocp
set t_Co=256
set grepprg=/usr/local/bin/ag

"" Quick Editing vimrc
nnoremap <leader>ev <C-w>s<C-w>j<C-w>L:e $MYVIMRC<cr>

" clear search highlights
nnoremap <leader><space> :noh<cr>:call clearmatches()<cr>

" manual highlights
set background=dark
colorscheme elflord

highlight Visual ctermfg=black ctermbg=LightMagenta
highlight Comment ctermfg=DarkGray

" ignore wrapping. you can move to the visual start of end of a line with `g0`
" and `g$`, respectively.
noremap j gj
noremap k gk