When I open vim initially misspelled words are highlighted but as soon as I scroll they become unhighlighted. I have gruvbox color scheme.
My vimrc looks like this
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" => Helper functions
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function s:CloseBufferNotWindow()
let l:id = bufnr('%')
bnext
execute id.'bdelete'
endfunction
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" => General
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set nocompatible " Disable Vi backwards compatibility
set background=dark " Setting dark mode
set t_Co=256 " Add true color support
set termguicolors " Add true color support
set hidden " Allows switching buffers without having to write/save
set undofile " Undo even after closing buffer
set undodir=~/.vim/tmp/undodir " Persistent undo storage
set number " Add line numbers
set relativenumber " Make line numbers relative
set history=500 " Sets how many lines of history VIM has to remember
set autoread " Set to auto read when a file is changed from the outside
set so=7 " Set 7 lines to the cursor - when moving vertically using j/k
set langmenu=en " set menu language
set ruler " Always show current position
set cmdheight=1 " Height of the command bar
set hid " A buffer becomes hidden when it is abandoned
set backspace=eol,start,indent " Configure backspace so it acts as it should act
set whichwrap+=<,> " Go to next/previous line when using left or right arrow
set ignorecase " Ignore case when searching
set smartcase " When searching try to be smart about cases
set hlsearch " Highlight search results
set incsearch " Makes search act like search in modern browsers
set lazyredraw " Don't redraw while executing macros (good performance config)
set magic " For regular expressions turn magic on
set showmatch " Show matching brackets when text indicator is over them
set mat=2 " How many tenths of a second to blink when matching brackets
set noerrorbells " No annoying sound on errors
set novisualbell " No annoying sound on errors
set vb t_vb= " No annoying sound on errors
set tm=500 " No annoying sound on errors
set belloff=all " No annoying sound on errors
set foldcolumn=2 " Add a bit extra margin to the left
set nobackup " Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git etc. anyway...
set nowb " Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git etc. anyway...
set noswapfile " Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git etc. anyway...
set expandtab " Use spaces instead of tabs
set smarttab " Be smart when using tabs
set shiftwidth=4 " 1 tab == 4 spaces
set tabstop=4 " Number of spaces for a tab
set linebreak " Linebreak on 500 characters
set textwidth=500 " Linebreak on 500 characters
set ai " Auto indent
set si " Smart indent
set wrap " Wrap lines
set encoding=utf8 " Set utf8 as standard encoding and en_US as the standard language
set ffs=unix,dos,mac " Use Unix as the standard file type
set laststatus=2 " Always show the status line
set switchbuf=useopen,usetab,newtab " Specify the behavior when switching between buffers
set showtabline=2 " Show tab line menu
set wildmenu " Command mode autocomplete
set cursorline " Highlight current line
setlocal spell spelllang=en " Adds spell check supporti
set complete+=kspell " Add word suggestion to autocomplete
set spellfile=~/.vim/spell/en.utf-8.add " Points to custom word dictionary file
" Ignore compiled files
set wildignore=.o,~,.pyc,/.git/,/.hg/,/.svn/,/.DS_Stores
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" => Pluggins
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" Specify a directory for plugins
" Use single quotes around github path url
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox' " Adds gruvbox colorscheme
Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline' " Improves status bar
Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes' " Status bar themes
Plug 'preservim/nerdtree' " Browse file system in separate tab
Plug 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Adds icons to nerdtree
Plug 'Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin' " Adds git status indicators to nerdtree
Plug 'tiagofumo/vim-nerdtree-syntax-highlight' " Adds nerdtree node highlighting
Plug 'mhinz/vim-startify' " Adds a start screen to vim on no args opening
Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter' " Adds gitlens type feature to vim
Plug 'sheerun/vim-polyglot' " Adds polyglot multi language support
Plug 'tpope/vim-surround' " Adds tags manipulations
Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary' " Adds multi language comment support
Plug 'tpope/vim-unimpaired' " Adds handy next and previous shortcuts with brackets
Plug 'junegunn/fzf' " Adds fuzzy finder search assistant
Plug 'junegunn/fzf.vim' " Fuzzy finder vim wrapper
" Initialize plugin system
call plug#end()
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" => Initialisers
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syntax enable " Enable syntax highlighting
filetype plugin on " Enable filetype plugins
filetype indent on " Enable filetype indent
source $VIMRUNTIME/delmenu.vim " Drop all GUI menus setting
source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim " Resets GUI menus to default state
let $LANG='en' " Avoid garbled characters in Chinese language windows OS
let mapleader=' ' " Like <leader>w sa<leader>ves the current file
let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled=1 " Show buffers in a status bar at top
let g:airline#extensions#tabline#buffer_idx_mode=1 " Show buffer number in buffer status bar
let g:airline_powerline_fonts=1 " User powerline font with status bar for arrows
let g:airline_theme='gruvbox' " Use gruvbox theme for airline
let g:NERDTreeGitStatusShowIgnored=1 " Mark git ignored files in nerd tree
let g:indent_guides_enable_on_vim_startup=0
colorscheme gruvbox
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" => Bindings
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command -nargs=* SudoSave execute 'w !sudo tee % > /dev/null'
command -nargs=* SourceConfig execute 'w | source .vimrc | noh'
imap fj <esc>
map fj <esc>
" switch | toggle | close
nmap <leader>sw :wincmd w<CR> " Switch between windows
nmap <leader>sb :bnext<CR> " Switch between buffers
nmap <leader>tt :NERDTreeToggle<CR> " Toggle nerdtree visibility
nmap <leader>tn :set relativenumber!<CR> " Toggle line nuber between absolute and relative
nmap <leader>tc :let &background=(&background=="dark"?"light":"dark")<CR> " Toggle theme between dark and light
nmap <leader>ch :noh<CR> " Cancel selection highlight
nmap <leader>cb :call <SID>CloseBufferNotWindow()<CR> " Close current buffer and jump to next
nmap <leader>ff :File<CR> " Open fuzzy file finder
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" => Automation
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" Update buffer when changes are made from outside vim
au FocusGained,BufEnter * checktime
" Return to last edit position when opening files
au BufReadPost * if line("'"") > 1 && line("'"") <= line("$") | execute "normal! g'"" | endif
" Use startify landing page when no files is provided as arg on vim startup
au VimEnter * if !argc() | Startify | NERDTree | wincmd w | endif
" Start NERDTree and put the cursor back in the other window
au VimEnter * if argc() | NERDTreeFind | wincmd p | endif
" Exit Vim if NERDTree is the only window remaining in the only tab.
au BufEnter * if tabpagenr('$') == 1 && winnr('$') == 1 && exists('b:NERDTree') && b:NERDTree.isTabTree() | quit | endif
