My Vim configurations

vimrc settings

" use Vim mode instead of pure Vi, it must be the first instruction
set nocompatible

" syntax highlighting
syntax enable

"line numbering
set number 

"creates a ~file backup before every edit - nobackup disables this
set nobackup

" search settings
set hlsearch " highlight search results
set ignorecase " do case insensitive search...
set incsearch " do incremental search
set smartcase " ...unless capital letters are used

" backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" background = dark :)
set background=dark

" show cursor at all times
set ruler

" show line numbers
set number

set history=50
set showcmd