My custom Vim configuration

.vimrc

" Show line numbers
set nu

" Enable filetype plugins
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

"Always show current position
set ruler

" Configure backspace so it acts as it should act
set backspace=eol,start,indent
set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l

" Highlight search results
set hlsearch

" Don't redraw while executing macros (good performance config)
set lazyredraw

" For regular expressions turn magic on
set magic

" Show matching brackets when text indicator is over them
set showmatch

" How many tenths of a second to blink when matching brackets
set mat=3

" No annoying sound on errors
set noerrorbells
set novisualbell
set t_vb=
set tm=501


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"" => Colors and Fonts
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" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax enable

" Enable 256 colors palette in Gnome Terminal
if $COLORTERM == 'gnome-terminal'
  set t_Co=256
endif

try
  colorscheme desert
catch
endtry

set background=dark

" Set utf8 as standard encoding and en_US as the standard language
set encoding=utf8

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"" => Files, backups and undo
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"" Turn backup off, since most stuff is in SVN, git etc. anyway...
set nobackup
set nowb
set noswapfile