nvim/lua/settings.lua

local g = vim.g
local o = vim.o

o.termguicolors = true

-- Decrease update time
o.timeoutlen = 500
o.updatetime = 200

-- Number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor
o.scrolloff = 8

-- Better editor UI
o.number = true
o.numberwidth = 5
o.relativenumber = false
o.signcolumn = 'yes:2'
o.cursorline = true

-- Better editing experience
o.expandtab = true
-- o.smasttab = true
o.cindent = true
-- o.autoindent = true
o.wrap = false
o.textwidth = 300
o.tabstop = 4
o.shiftwidth = 0
o.softtabstop = -1 -- If negative, shiftwidth value is used
o.list = true
-- o.listchars = 'eol:¬,space:·,lead: ,trail:·,nbsp:◇,tab:→-,extends:▸,precedes:◂,multispace:···⬝,leadmultispace:│   ,'
-- o.formatoptions = 'qrn1'

-- Makes neovim and host OS clipboard play nicely with each other
o.clipboard = 'unnamedplus'

-- Case insensitive searching UNLESS /C or capital in search
o.ignorecase = true
o.smartcase = true

-- Undo and backup options
o.backup = false
o.writebackup = false
o.undofile = true
o.swapfile = false
-- o.backupdir = '/tmp/'
-- o.directory = '/tmp/'
-- o.undodir = '/tmp/'

-- Remember 50 items in commandline history
o.history = 50

-- Better buffer splitting
o.splitright = true
o.splitbelow = true

-- Preserve view while jumping
o.jumpoptions = 'view'

-- BUG: this won't update the search count after pressing `n` or `N`
-- When running macros and regexes on a large file, lazy redraw tells neovim/vim not to draw the screen
-- o.lazyredraw = true

-- Better folds (don't fold by default)
-- o.foldmethod = 'indent'
-- o.foldlevelstart = 99
-- o.foldnestmax = 3
-- o.foldminlines = 1

-- Map <leader> to space
g.mapleader = ' '
g.maplocalleader = ' '