.vimrc

" musts
scriptencoding utf-8
set nocompatible
syntax on

" highlight search (ctrl+l to remove highlights)
set hlsearch
nnoremap <C-L> :nohl<CR><C-L>

" lower letter search ignore cases
set ignorecase
set smartcase

" tab insert 4 spaces
set tabstop=4
set expandtab

" other convenient settings
set autoindent
set number
set ruler
set confirm
set visualbell
set history=1000