nvim/lua/config/options.lua

-- from tutorial, needs research
vim.opt.backspace = '2'
vim.opt.showcmd = true
vim.opt.laststatus = 2
--vim.opt.autowrite = true

-- general look and feel
vim.opt.cursorline = true
vim.opt.cursorcolumn = true
vim.opt.scrolloff = 5
vim.opt.colorcolumn = "81"

-- buffers
vim.opt.autoread = true
vim.opt.wildmode = 'longest,list'
vim.opt.ttyfast = true
--vim.opt.pastetoggle = '<F3>'

-- formatting
vim.opt.expandtab = true
vim.opt.tabstop = 4
vim.opt.shiftwidth = 4
vim.opt.shiftround = true
vim.opt.autoindent = true
vim.opt.list = true
vim.opt.listchars = 'eol:¬,tab:>·,trail:~,extends:>,precedes:<,space:·'
vim.opt.smartindent = true
vim.opt.wrap = false
-- ERROR vim.opt.smartindend = true
-- ERROR vim.opt.nowrap = true

-- side column stuff
vim.opt.nu = true
vim.opt.signcolumn = 'yes'

-- searching
vim.opt.ignorecase = true
vim.opt.smartcase = true
vim.opt.incsearch = true
vim.opt.hlsearch = true
vim.opt.wildignorecase = true

-- system clipboard
-- this was pretty annoying
--vim.opt.clipboard = 'unnamedplus'