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

closes #1022

Author: wardbell

.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

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

gulpfile.js

@@ -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/.editorconfig

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

public/docs/_examples/.gitignore

@@ -107,14 +107,16 @@ function initConfigAndCollectFileNames(configFileName) {
     }
   });
   // var defaultExcludes = [ '!**/node_modules/**','!**/typings/**','!**/tsconfig.json', '!**/*plnkr.json', '!**/*plnkr.html', '!**/*plnkr.no-link.html' ];
-  var defaultExcludes = [ 
+  var defaultExcludes = [
     '!**/typings/**',
     '!**/typings.json',
-    '!**/tsconfig.json', 
-    '!**/*plnkr.*', 
-    '!**/package.json', 
+    '!**/tsconfig.json',
+    '!**/*plnkr.*',
+    '!**/package.json',
     '!**/example-config.json',
-    '!**/*.spec.*' 
+    '!**/*.spec.*',
+    '!**/tslint.json',
+    '!**/.editorconfig'
    ];
   Array.prototype.push.apply(gpaths, defaultExcludes);
 
@@ -263,4 +265,4 @@ function escapeHtml(unsafe) {
 //      fs.writeFileSync(outputFn, html, 'utf-8' );
 //    }
 //  });
-//}
+//}