Basic vim config

.vimrc

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" Jonathan Willitts - Basic vim config
"
" To download and start using:
" $ cd ~
" $ wget https://gist.github.com/JonathanWillitts/b1636e69f332b79ff52c4a51576efc67/raw/.vimrc
"
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set background=dark

" Display line numbers, cursor position, and vertical line at 80 chars
set number
set ruler
set colorcolumn=80

" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax on

" Configure tab behaviour
set shiftwidth=4 smarttab    " Use 4-space indents, intelligently use tab key
                             " for indentation
set expandtab                " Expand tabs to spaces, never use tab chars
set tabstop=8 softtabstop=0  " Set actual tab stops to use *different*
                             " indentation to make stand out from tabs converted
                             " to spaces