Better support for Python and PEP08

vimrc

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ set shiftwidth=4
 syntax on
 " Filetypes based on extension
 filetype on
-au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set filetype=markdown
-au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html.ep set filetype=php
 
 " Show edit window details in bar at bottom
 set title
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ highlight CursorColumn ctermbg=238
 
 " Set color of end of line for programming
 highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=238
-set colorcolumn=132
 
 " Highlight line we're on
 highlight CursorLine cterm=none ctermbg=235
@@ -42,10 +39,27 @@ set cursorline
 
 " Highlight messed up tab/spaces
 highlight ExtraWhitespaces ctermbg=202
-call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces',' \t')
-call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','\t ')
-call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','^  ')
-call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','\s\+$')
+
+" Switch whitespace handling based on file type
+function! WhitespaceHighlight()
+	if &filetype == 'python'
+		call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','^\t')
+		set colorcolumn=79
+	elseif &filetype != ''
+		call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces',' \t')
+		call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','\t ')
+		call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','^  ')
+		set colorcolumn=132
+	endif
+	call matchadd('ExtraWhitespaces','\s\+$')
+endfunction
+
+
+" Autocmd
+au BufNewFile,BufRead * call WhitespaceHighlight()
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set filetype=markdown | call WhitespaceHighlight()
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html.ep set filetype=php | call WhitespaceHighlight()
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set filetype=python | set expandtab softtabstop=4 | call WhitespaceHighlight()
 
 " Don't use backup files
 set nobackup