.vimrc

" Make backspace behave in a sane manner.
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" Switch syntax highlighting on
syntax enable

" Enable file type detection and do language-dependent indenting
filetype plugin indent on

" Show line numbers
set number

" Allow hidden buffers, don't limit to one file per window/split
set hidden

" Sane vim split naviagation (via Gaslight blog)
nnoremap <c-j> <c-w>j
nnoremap <c-k> <c-w>k
nnoremap <c-h> <c-w>h
nnoremap <c-l> <c-w>l