document updated 13 years ago, on Feb 6, 2012
" Meant to be installed like this:
" C:\Windows\gvim.exe
" C:\Windows\vimrc
" Eg. no runtime is used, no registry modifications are made, just two files in a directory that's already in the path.
" Vim is less functional than normal, but still more functional than most other editors.
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" basic stuff """""""""""""""""""""""""""""
set nocompatible encoding=utf8 nobackup " sane defaults
set ignorecase hlsearch incsearch " search settings
set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab autoindent " tab and indent settings
set ruler " display row/col
syntax on
command W w | command Q q " accomodate stuck-shift keys
set modeline
if &diff | syntax off | endif " disable syntax coloring when doing a diff
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" useful stuff for gvim """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
set clipboard=unnamed
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" useful stuff under standalone mode """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
set guioptions-=T " since we don't have the runtime files, remove the menu bar
"... from mswin.vim in standard runtime
" Alt-Space is System menu
if has("gui")
noremap <M-Space> :simalt ~<CR>
inoremap <M-Space> <C-O>:simalt ~<CR>
cnoremap <M-Space> <C-C>:simalt ~<CR>
endif