added more stuff, improved the way interactive vs non-interactive is being handled

ultimate.bashrc

@@ -1,19 +1,52 @@
+
+# ALWAYS RUN
+# ==========
+# things to always set up, even for inactive shells
+
+# Fuck vi!
 EDITOR=nano
+# On FreeBSD this is being set for whatever reason in the other shell rc files. I'll leave it here for compatibility.
 PAGER=less
 
 export EDITOR PAGER
 
-
+# CHECK INTERACTIVE
+# =================
+# Don't do anything after this if not running an interactive shell.
 case $- in
-*i*)
+    *i*) ;;
-    alias h="history 25"
+      *) return ;;
-    alias j="jobs -l"
+esac
-    alias ls="ls --color=auto"
+
-    alias la="ls -aF"
+# ALIASES
-    alias lf="ls -FA"
+# =======
-    alias ll="ls -lAF"
+alias ls="ls --color=auto"
-    [[ -f /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion.sh ]] && source /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion.sh
+alias la="ls -aF"
-    PROMPT_COMMAND="PS1=\"[\[\e[03$(
+alias grep="grep --color=auto"
+
+# BASH COMPLETION
+# ===============
+# include bash completions if they exist
+# (may need to be adjusted to where the bash completions are stored on the current system)
+
+# Default for FreeBSD:
+if [ -f /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion.sh ]; then
+    source /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion.sh
+# Default for Linux:
+elif [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    source /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+fi
+
+# VARIABLES
+# =========
+
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with a space in history
+HISTCONTROL=ingnoreboth
+# unlimited history
+HISTSIZE=-1
+HISTFILESIZE=-1
+# set a fancy prompt
+PROMPT_COMMAND="PS1=\"[\[\e[03$(
     if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]
     then
         echo '1;02m'
@@ -25,7 +58,7 @@ case $- in
             echo '6;01m'
        fi
     fi
-    )\]\u@\h\[\e[0m\]]:\$(
+)\]\u@\h\[\e[0m\]]:\$(
     PROMPT_ERRORLEVEL=\$?
     if [ \$PROMPT_ERRORLEVEL -eq 0 ]
     then
@@ -35,5 +68,11 @@ case $- in
     fi
     echo -n \$PROMPT_ERRORLEVEL
     echo -n '\[\e[00m\]'
-    ):\[\e[034;01m\]\$(pwd)\[\e[0m\]:> \""
+):\[\e[034;01m\]\$(pwd)\[\e[0m\]:> \""
-esac
+
+# SHELL OPTIONS
+# =============
+shopt -s histappend
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+shopt -s globstar
+