chore: replace VSCode-specific settings.json with broadly recommended .editorconfig

closes #1022

.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# http://editorconfig.org
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+
+[*.md]
+max_line_length = 0
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+[*.jade]
+max_line_length = 0
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+# Indentation override
+#[lib/**.js]
+#[{package.json,.travis.yml}]
+#[**/**.js]

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
-{
-	// Controls the rendering size of tabs in characters. Accepted values: "auto", 2, 4, 6, etc. If set to "auto", the value will be guessed when a file is opened.
-	"editor.tabSize": 2,
-	// Controls if the editor will insert spaces for tabs. Accepted values:  "auto", true, false. If set to "auto", the value will be guessed when a file is opened.
-	"editor.insertSpaces": true,
-  // When enabled, will trim trailing whitespace when you save a file.
-	"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": false,
-  // Specifies the folder path containing the tsserver and lib*.d.ts files to use.
-  "typescript.tsdk": "public/docs/_examples/node_modules/typescript/lib"
-}

gulpfile.js

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var _excludeMatchers = _excludePatterns.map(function(excludePattern){
 });
 
 var _exampleBoilerplateFiles = [
+  '.editorconfig',
   'karma.conf.js',
   'karma-test-shim.js',
   'package.json',

public/docs/_examples/.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# http://editorconfig.org
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+
+[*.md]
+max_line_length = 0
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+# Indentation override
+#[lib/**.js]
+#[{package.json,.travis.yml}]
+#[**/**.js]

public/docs/_examples/.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.editorconfig
 styles.css
 typings
 typings.json

tools/plunker-builder/plunkerBuilder.js

@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ function initConfigAndCollectFileNames(configFileName) {
     '!**/*plnkr.*',
     '!**/package.json',
     '!**/example-config.json',
-    '!**/*.spec.*' 
+    '!**/*.spec.*',
+    '!**/tslint.json',
+    '!**/.editorconfig'
    ];
   Array.prototype.push.apply(gpaths, defaultExcludes);