-- :help options
vim.opt . backup = true -- Creates a backup file, before edits are written.
vim.opt . clipboard = " unnamedplus " -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
vim.opt . cmdheight = 2 -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
vim.opt . completeopt = { " menuone " , " noselect " } -- mostly just for cmp
vim.opt . conceallevel = 0 -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
vim.opt . fileencoding = " utf-8 " -- the encoding written to a file
vim.opt . hlsearch = true -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
vim.opt . incsearch = true -- Turn on incremental search highlighting.
vim.opt . ignorecase = true -- ignore case in search patterns
vim.opt . mouse = " a " -- allow the mouse to be used in neovim
vim.opt . pumheight = 10 -- pop up menu height
vim.opt . showtabline = 2 -- always show tabs
vim.opt . smartcase = true -- smart case
vim.opt . smartindent = true -- make indenting smarter again
vim.opt . splitbelow = true -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
vim.opt . splitright = true -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
vim.opt . swapfile = false -- creates a swapfile
vim.opt . termguicolors = true -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
vim.opt . timeoutlen = 1000 -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)
vim.opt . undofile = true -- enable persistent undo
vim.opt . updatetime = 300 -- faster completion (4000ms default)
vim.opt . writebackup = false -- if a file is being edited by another program (or was written to file while editing with another program), it is not allowed to be edited
vim.opt . expandtab = true -- convert tabs to spaces
vim.opt . shiftwidth = 2 -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
vim.opt . tabstop = 2 -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
vim.opt . cursorline = true -- highlight the current line
vim.opt . number = true -- set numbered lines
vim.opt . relativenumber = true -- set relative numbered lines
vim.opt . numberwidth = 4 -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
vim.opt . signcolumn = " yes " -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
vim.opt . wrap = false -- display lines as one long line
vim.opt . scrolloff = 8 -- is one of my fav
vim.opt . sidescrolloff = 8
vim.opt . guifont = " monospace:h17 " -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
vim.opt . shortmess : append " c "
vim.cmd " set whichwrap+=<,>,[,],h,l "
vim.cmd [[set iskeyword+=-]]
vim.cmd [[set formatoptions-=cro]] -- TODO: this doesn't seem to work
