.vimrc

.vimrc

" Reference:
" http://nvie.com/posts/how-i-boosted-my-vim/ 
"
" Most general settings first
set nocompatible                  " set Vim rather than Vi settings; must go first
set nowrap                        " don't wrap lines
set tabstop=4                     " a tab is four spaces
set expandtab                     " spaces instead of tabs
set backspace=indent,eol,start    " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set hlsearch                      " highlight search terms
set undolevels=1000               " use 1000 levels of undo
set noerrorbells                  " don't beep
set showmode                      " display current mode
set title                         " show opened file at all times

" Personal settings
colorscheme desert
syntax on

" Remove trailing whitespaces
autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e

" When vimrc is edited, reload it
autocmd! BufWritePost .vimrc source $MYVIMRC