" Try to load a nice colourscheme
fun! LoadColourScheme(schemes)
	let l:schemes = a:schemes . ":"
	while l:schemes != ""
		let l:scheme = strpart(l:schemes, 0, stridx(l:schemes, ":"))
		let l:schemes = strpart(l:schemes, stridx(l:schemes, ":") + 1)
		try
			exec "colorscheme" l:scheme
			break
		catch
		endtry
	endwhile
endfun

" vim latex stuff
filetype plugin on

if has('gui') || &t_Co >= 88
	"call LoadColourScheme("candy")
	call LoadColourScheme("inkpot:candy")
else
	call LoadColourScheme("darkblue")
endif

"allow ModeLines
set modeline

"enable line numbers
set number

"set .swp directory to ~/tmp so it doesn't clutter up source dirs/screw up
"ebuilds, etc.
set dir=~/tmp/swap

" add the wild menu, quite sexy
set wildmenu

if has('gui')
	set confirm
endif

" uniode stuff
set encoding=utf-8
set termencoding=utf-8
set printencoding=latin1

set tabstop=4
set tags=./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS,~/.vim/tags


" Folding
set foldmethod=marker

" spellcheck
"set spell