My .vimrc

gistfile1.vim

" use syntax highlighting
syntax on

" make backspace do what it should
set backspace=eol,start,indent

" set tab = 4 spaces
set expandtab
set sw=4
set sts=4
set ts=4

" set tab = 2 spaces if ruby file
autocmd Filetype ruby setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2

" fix splitting from opening in the wrong place
set splitright
set splitbelow