local opt = vim.opt
local options = {
    showmode = false,                         -- disable the -- STATUS -- line
    showtabline = 0,                          -- never show the tabline
    startofline = true,                       -- motions like "G" also move to the first char
    virtualedit = 'block',                    -- visual-block mode can select beyond end of line
    showmatch = true,                         -- when closing a bracket, briefly flash the matching one
    matchtime = 1,                            -- duration of that flashing n deci-seconds
    signcolumn = 'yes:1',                     -- static width
    report = 9001,                            -- disable "x more/fewer lines" messages
    diffopt = opt.diffopt:append('vertical'), -- diff mode: vertical splits
    backspace = { 'indent', 'eol', 'start' }, -- backspace through everything in insert mode
    hidden = true,                            -- Enable background buffers
    history = 100,                            -- Remember N lines in history
    lazyredraw = false,                        -- Faster scrolling if enabled, breaks noice
    synmaxcol = 240,                          -- Max column for syntax highlight
    updatetime = 250,                         -- ms to wait for trigger an event

    -- If 0, move cursor line will not scroll window.
    -- If 999, cursor line will always be in middle of window.
    scrolloff = 0,
}

-- iterate over the options table and set the options
-- for each key = value pair
for key, value in pairs(options) do
    opt[key] = value
end

-- Don't auto-comment new lines automatically
-- that happens when you press enter at the end
-- of a comment line, and comments the next line
-- That's annoying and we don't want it!
-- don't continue comments automagically
-- https://neovim.io/doc/user/options.html#'formatoptions'
opt.formatoptions:remove('c')
opt.formatoptions:remove('r')
opt.formatoptions:remove('o')