diff --git a/.vim/ftplugin/go.vim b/.vim/ftplugin/go.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcdc40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/ftplugin/go.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+" don't show go fmt errors
+let g:go_fmt_fail_silently = 1
+
+" use literal tab characters in Go
+set noexpandtab
diff --git a/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim b/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade95c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+" automatically insert newlines after character 78
+set textwidth=78
diff --git a/.vim/ftplugin/text.vim b/.vim/ftplugin/text.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6afa9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/ftplugin/text.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+" automatically insert line breaks after column 78
+set textwidth=78
diff --git a/.vim/ftplugin/vim.vim b/.vim/ftplugin/vim.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81c0e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/ftplugin/vim.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+" open .vim files with all folds closed
+set foldlevelstart=0
+
+" vim folds include explicit markers
+set foldmethod=marker
+
+set shiftwidth=2
+
+set tabstop=2
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 46c6822..cf988cb 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set nocompatible
 
-" Plugins {{{
+" Plugins -------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
 set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
 call vundle#begin()
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ call vundle#begin()
     Plugin 'Align'
     Plugin 'tomtom/tlib_vim' " dependency of flashdevelop
     Plugin 'endel/flashdevelop.vim'
-    Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
+    " Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
     Plugin 'ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim'
     Plugin 'itchyny/lightline.vim'
     Plugin 'heavenshell/vim-jsdoc'
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ call vundle#end()            " required
 
 " enable the filetype plugin
 filetype plugin indent on
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" }}}
-
-" Whitespace {{{
+" Whitespace ----------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " allow backspacing over line breaks
 set backspace=indent,eol,start
 
@@ -64,9 +63,9 @@ set smarttab
 
 " set whitespace characters
 set listchars=tab:>-,trail:.,extends:#
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Search {{{
+" Search --------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " perform searches incrementally
 set incsearch
 
@@ -81,17 +80,16 @@ set hlsearch
 
 " press escape twice to clear highlight search
 nnoremap <silent> <Esc><Esc> <Esc>:nohlsearch<CR><Esc>
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Backup {{{
+" Backup --------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 set nobackup
 set nowritebackup
 set noswapfile
-" }}}
-
-" Wild Menu {{{
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" enabled the wild menu.
+" Wild Menu -----------------------------------------------------------------{{{
+" enable the wild menu.
 set wildmenu
 
 " list matches
@@ -102,9 +100,9 @@ set wildignore+=*.o,*.a,*.so        " ignore compiled binaries
 set wildignore+=*.jpg,*.png,*.gif   " ignore images
 set wildignore+=*.pdf               " ignore pdf documents
 set wildignore+=*.pyc,*.pyo         " ignore compiled Python files
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Mouse {{{
+" Mouse ---------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " enable the mouse
 if has('mouse')
   set mouse=a
@@ -115,9 +113,9 @@ set mousehide
 
 " open up directories with a single click instead of needing to double-click
 let g:NERDTreeMouseMode = 2
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Set Colorscheme {{{
+" Set Colorscheme -----------------------------------------------------------{{{
 if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
   " enable syntax highlighting
   syntax on
@@ -132,9 +130,9 @@ if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
   endtry
 
 endif
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Autocmd Hooks {{{
+" Autocmd Hooks -------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 if has("autocmd")
   " Put these in an autocmd group, so that we can delete them easily.
   augroup vimrcEx
@@ -180,9 +178,9 @@ if has("autocmd")
 else
 
 endif
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Character Encoding {{{
+" Character Encoding --------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " sets the character encoding used inside of vim itself. does not change how
 " files are written to disk.
 set encoding=utf-8
@@ -194,10 +192,9 @@ if has("multi_byte")
     let &termencoding = &encoding
   endif
 endif
-" }}}
-
-" Status Line {{{
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
+" Status Line ---------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " always show the status line
 set laststatus=2
 
@@ -246,9 +243,9 @@ noremap <buffer> <silent> k gk
 noremap <buffer> <silent> j gj
 noremap <buffer> <silent> 0 g0
 noremap <buffer> <silent> $ g$
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Normal Mode {{{
+" Normal Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " toggle line numbering with <leader>n
 nnoremap <leader>n :set number!<CR>
 
@@ -263,16 +260,16 @@ nnoremap <leader>sv :source $MYVIMRC<cr>
 
 " leader ci inverts comment states on a line by line basis
 noremap <Leader>ci NERDComInvertComment
-"}}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Insert Mode {{{
+" Insert Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " Ctrl-U deletes from the current position to the start of the line.
 inoremap <C-U> <C-G>u<C-U>
 
 iabbrev @@ @jordanorelli
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Command Mode {{{
+" Command Mode --------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " new command mode command: w!!
 " allows you to sudo write the file you're currently editing without closing
 " (and thus losing) your changes.
@@ -284,9 +281,9 @@ cabbrev vhelp vertical help
 
 " prevents editing a file named "~", which I literally never want.
 cabbrev ~ $HOME
-"}}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Operator-Pending Mode {{{
+" Operator-Pending Mode -----------------------------------------------------{{{
 " new text object: "next paren". means the next open paren on the current
 " line.
 onoremap in( :<c-u>normal! f(ci(<cr>
@@ -294,26 +291,26 @@ onoremap in( :<c-u>normal! f(ci(<cr>
 " new text object: "last paren". means the previous open paren on the current
 " line. (using p would shadow the paragraph object)
 onoremap il( :<c-u>normal! F)vi(<cr>
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Supertab {{{
+" Supertab ------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " use omnicomplete by default
 let g:SuperTabDefaultCompletionType = "<c-x><c-o>"
 
 " close doc window after finishing an autocomplete
 let g:SuperTabClosePreviewOnPopupClose = 1
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" CtrlP {{{
+" CtrlP ---------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
 let g:ctrlp_cmd = 'CtrlP'
 let g:ctrlp_user_command = [
       \ '.git',
       \ 'cd %s && git ls-files -co --exclude-standard'
       \ ]
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" NERDTree {{{
+" NERDTree ------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " fix windows arrows. This gets rid of the pretty arrows on other systems,
 " will have to restore that properly. The default switching behavior is broken
 " inside of msys2.
@@ -322,16 +319,16 @@ let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible = '-'
 
 " enable dir tree arrows
 let g:NERDTreeDirArrows = 1
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Commenting {{{
+" Commenting ----------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " left-align comment markers by default
 let g:NERDDefaultAlign='left'
 " insert a space after comment markers
 let g:NERDSpaceDelims=1
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
 
-" Misc {{{
+" Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------------{{{
 " keep 50 lines of command line history
 set history=50
 
@@ -358,5 +355,4 @@ set visualbell
 
 " you know what, just disable the error bells entirely
 set noerrorbells
-
-" }}}
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------}}}
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 38558ea..d12e37e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ include=(
     .bashrc
     .screenrc
     .tmux.conf
-    .vim/ftplugin/javascript.vim
-    .vim/ftplugin/ruby.vim
-    .vim/ftplugin/vim.vim
+    .vim/ftplugin/*.vim
     .vimrc
 )