Removed extraneous comments, improved keybindings

Finally removed all the commented out lines that I was saving in case I
needed to roll them back. Switched some keybindings to keys that made
more sense.

.vimrc

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if !has('nvim')
   set term=xterm-256color                            " LOTS of colors
 endif
 set wildmenu                                         " enhanced command line completion
+set fillchars=vert:\|,fold:.,diff:-
 
 " Text Wrapping
 set colorcolumn=                                     " disable colorzing <textwidth>  column
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ Plug 'bullets-vim/bullets.vim'
 Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
 Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
 
+" vim-signify
+" https://github.com/mhinz/vim-signify
+Plug 'mhinz/vim-signify'
+
 call plug#end()
 
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -164,9 +169,9 @@ let g:bullets_enabled_file_types = [ 'markdown', 'gitcommit' ]
 let g:bullets_outline_levels = ['num', 'abc', 'std*', 'std+', 'std-']
 
 "vim-airline
-let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
+let g:airline_extensions = ['hunks', 'branch', 'tabline']
 let g:airline_detect_theme_from_guicolors = 1
-
+let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
 
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " ==> FZF Helper Functions
@@ -225,31 +230,14 @@ let g:fzf_action = {
   \ 'ctrl-l': function('PasteFzfWikiLink')
 \ }
 
-" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-" ==> Colors 
-"     Term GUI Colors
-"     colorscheme replaced by ~/.vimcustom
-"     If there is a file at ~/.vimcustom, the colorscheme defined in that file
-"     will be applied. If not, colorscheme defaults to 'darkburn'
-
-"     cursorcolumn
-hi cursorcolumn cterm=NONE ctermbg=black ctermfg=white
-"     visual mode colors
-hi visual cterm=NONE ctermbg=lightyellow ctermfg=black
-
-set fillchars=vert:\|,fold:.,diff:-
-" In split windows - active buffer status bar is green, inactive is yellow
-hi StatusLine   ctermfg=white ctermbg=darkgreen cterm=bold 
-hi StatusLineNC ctermfg=darkgray ctermbg=gray cterm=none 
-
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " => Keymaps: Highlights
 
-"    <leader><space> to turn off search highlight
-nnoremap <leader><space> :nohls <enter>
+"    <F6> to toggle search highlight
+nnoremap <F6> :nohls <enter>
 
-"    <leader>C to toggle row/column highlight
-nnoremap <leader>C :set cursorline! cursorcolumn!<CR>
+"    <F7> to toggle row/column highlight
+nnoremap <F7> :set cursorline! cursorcolumn!<CR>
 
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " ==> Keymaps: Buffers & Panes
@@ -273,9 +261,6 @@ nnoremap <leader>c :bd <enter>
 "     <c-s> to save buffer
 nnoremap <c-s> :w<CR>
 
-"     <c-x> to bring up the copy buffer
-noremap <c-x> "+
-
 "     <alt>-arrow keys to navigate panes
 " UP
 map <esc>[1;3A <c-w><c-k>
@@ -373,18 +358,15 @@ hi clear SpellBad
 hi clear SpellCap
 hi clear SpellLocal
 hi clear SpellRare
-hi SpellCap cterm=underline ctermbg=none ctermfg=magenta
-hi SpellBad cterm=underline ctermbg=none ctermfg=red
-hi SpellLocal cterm=underline ctermbg=none ctermfg=gray
-hi SpellRare cterm=underline ctermbg=none ctermfg=gray
+hi SpellCap cterm=underline ctermbg=none
+hi SpellBad cterm=underline ctermbg=none
+hi SpellLocal cterm=underline ctermbg=none
+hi SpellRare cterm=underline ctermbg=none
  
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " ==> Templates: markdown documents with frontmatter (.md)
 
 autocmd BufNewFile *.md so $HOME/.vim/templates/mdfm
-"autocmd BufNewFile *.md %s/filename:.*/s//filename:\=expand('%:t:r')
-"autocmd BufNewFile *.md %s/filename:.*/\='filename: '.expand('%:t:r')
-"autocmd BufNewFile *.md exe "g/^filename:.*/s//filename: " .expand('%:t:r')
 autocmd BufNewFile *.md exe "g/^filecreated:.*/s//filecreated: " .strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 autocmd BufNewFile *.md exe "normal Go"
 autocmd BufWritePre,filewritepre *.md execute "normal! ma"
@@ -415,13 +397,9 @@ nnoremap ,begend :-1read $HOME/.vim/templates/begend<CR>jA
 nnoremap ,sh :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/sh<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd <bar> :4%s/filename/\=expand('%:t')/g<CR>
 
 "     section readinglist header
-"nnoremap ,rl :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/readinglist<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd $
-"nnoremap ,rl :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/rlfm<CR> <bar>zR<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd :%s/^filename:/\="filename: " . expand('%:t:r')/g<CR>
 nnoremap ,rl :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/rlfm<CR> <bar>zR<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd
 
 "     section markdown file header
-"nnoremap ,md :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/md<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd <bar> :%s/filename/\=expand('%:t:r')/g<CR>
-"nnoremap ,md :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/mdfm<CR> <bar>zR<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd :%s/^filename:/\="filename: " . expand('%:t:r')/g<CR>
 nnoremap ,md :0read $HOME/.vim/templates/mdfm<CR> <bar>zR<CR> <bar> :1<CR>dd
 
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -437,6 +415,12 @@ autocmd FileType netrw setl bufhidden=delete
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.{yaml,yml} set filetype=yaml  foldmethod=manual
 autocmd FileType yaml setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab
 
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" ==> Colors 
+"     Term GUI Colors
+"     colorscheme replaced by ~/.vimcustom
+"     If there is a file at ~/.vimcustom, the colorscheme defined in that file
+"     will be applied. If not, colorscheme defaults to 'darkburn'
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " ==> Source Local Customizations and Set Colorscheme