local options = {
  backup = true,                            -- creates a backup file
  clipboard = "unnamedplus",                -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
  cmdheight = 2,                            -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
  completeopt = { "menuone", "noselect" },  -- mostly just for cmp
  conceallevel = 0,                         -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
  fileencoding = "utf-8",                   -- the encoding written to a file
  hlsearch = true,                          -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
  ignorecase = false,                       -- ignore case in search patterns
  --mouse = "a",                             -- enable the mouse to be used in neovim
  pumheight = 10,                           -- pop up menu height
  showmode = true,                          -- we don't need to see things like -- INSERT -- anymore
  showtabline = 2,                          -- always show tabs
  smartcase = true,                         -- smart case
  smartindent = true,                       -- make indenting smarter again
  splitbelow = true,                        -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
  splitright = true,                        -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
  swapfile = false,                         -- creates a swapfile
  termguicolors = true,                     -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
  timeoutlen = 400,                         -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)
  undofile = false,                          -- enable persistent undo
  --updatetime = 300,                         -- faster completion (4000ms default)
  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
  expandtab = true,                         -- convert tabs to spaces
  shiftwidth = 2,                           -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
  tabstop = 2,                              -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
  cursorline = true,                        -- highlight the current line
  number = true,                            -- set numbered lines
  relativenumber = false,                   -- set relative numbered lines
  numberwidth = 4,                          -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
  signcolumn = "yes",                       -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
  wrap = false,                             -- display lines as one long line
  scrolloff = 8,                            -- # lines above under the cursor
  sidescrolloff = 8,
  guifont = "monospace:h17",                -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
  colorcolumn = "80",                       -- vertical bar
  ruler = true,
  laststatus = 2,
}

vim.opt.shortmess:append "c"

for k, v in pairs(options) do
  vim.opt[k] = v
end

vim.cmd [[set iskeyword+=-]]                -- word split definition
-- vim.cmd "set whichwrap+=<,>,[,],h,l"        -- change line with left/right moves