vimrc for python

.vimrc

" install vim-plug plugin manager https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
" Install the syntastic plugin
Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
" to support the syntastic plugin, you need to install a python "checker"
" I use `flake8` which can be installed from `pip`
" Install Inkpot theme
Plug 'ciaranm/inkpot'
call plug#end()

" http://www.vex.net/~x/python_and_vim.html
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set smarttab
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set autoindent
set secure

" Markdown per: http://plasticboy.com/markdown-vim-mode/
augroup mkd
    autocmd BufRead *.mkd set ai formatoptions=tcroqn2 comments=n:>
augroup END
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.{txt*} set filetype=markdown

" Turn on line numbers
set number
" Enable filetype detection
filetype plugin on

" force 256 colors
let &t_Co=256
" turn on the inkpot them
colorscheme inkpot
" use the dark inkpot version
set background=dark

" a nice bright red line at the 80th col
set colorcolumn=80