basic vimrc

.vimrc

" global yanking with the OS clipboard
set clipboard=unnamed
                
" make the arrow keys do something useful, resize the viewports accordingly.
nnoremap <Left> :vertical resize +2<CR>
nnoremap <Right> :vertical resize -2<CR>
nnoremap <Up> :resize -2<CR>
nnoremap <Down> :resize +2<CR>
                                      
syntax on               " enable syntax highlighting
set encoding=utf-8      " the encoding displayed   
set fileencoding=utf-8  " encoding written to file
                     
                                                                            
" Change color when entering insert mode                                    
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight CursorLine ctermbg=lightblue ctermfg=Black
                                        
" Revert color to default when leaving insert mode
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight CursorLine ctermbg=None ctermfg=None

" make wildmenu behave like bash completion. finding commands are so easy now.
set wildmode=list:longest                                                     
set wildmenu        " display all matching files     
set path+=**        " provides tab-completion for all file-related
set showcmd         " show partial commands in the last line of the screen
set number          " numbering                                           
set confirm         " raise dialogue asking if you wish to save file 
set history=500     " set how many lines of history VIM has to remember
set autoread        " set to auto read when a file is changed from the outside
                                                                              
set autoindent                                
                                                                              
" 4 spaces instead of tabs
set shiftwidth=4                                
set tabstop=4                                                     
set expandtab                                                             
                               
colorscheme desert                                                  
syntax on                                                             
set nocompatible                                                              
set ruler                              
set visualbell                                     
set encoding=utf-8     
set wrap                               
set lazyredraw                        
set ruler                             
set backspace=indent,eol,start        
set laststatus=2                                   
set showmode                          
set hlsearch         
set incsearch   
set ignorecase                                                              
set smartcase                          
set showmatch                           
set t_Co=256                
set background=dark