" global settings
set autoread
set nocompatible
set noswapfile
set undofile
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
set spell spelllang=en_gb
set updatetime=300
set nobackup
set nowritebackup

" buffers can be switched despite having changes
set hidden

" file settings
set encoding=utf-8

" special chars
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬
highlight NonText guifg=#4a4a59
highlight SpecialKey guifg=#4a4a59

" tabs and spaces
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab

" line ending
set fileformats=unix,dos

" colours
set t_Co=256
syntax enable
set background=dark
highlight clear SignColumn
colorscheme solarized

" appearance
set number
set relativenumber
set laststatus=2
set noshowmode
set showtabline=1 "only show tabline when more than 1 tab
set updatetime=300

" Don't pass messages to |ins-completion-menu|.
set shortmess+=c

" Give more space for displaying messages.
set cmdheight=2

" Always show the signcolumn, otherwise it would shift the text each time
" diagnostics appear/become resolved.
if has("nvim-0.5.0") || has("patch-8.1.1564")
    " Recently vim can merge signcolumn and number column into one
    set signcolumn=number
else
    set signcolumn=yes
endif

" exclude quickfix from the buffers list
augroup qf
    autocmd!
    autocmd FileType qf set nobuflisted
augroup END

" vimdiff
set diffopt+=iwhite
set diffexpr=""