My VIM Preferences (~/.vimrc)

gistfile1.txt

set nocompatible
set nowrap        " don't wrap lines
set tabstop=4     " a tab is four spaces
set backspace=indent,eol,start
                  " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set autoindent    " always set autoindenting on
set paste         " Prepare for paste
set copyindent    " copy the previous indentation on autoindenting
set number        " always show line numbers
set shiftwidth=4  " number of spaces to use for autoindenting
set shiftround    " use multiple of shiftwidth when indenting with '<' and '>'
set showmatch     " set show matching parenthesis
set ignorecase    " ignore case when searching
set smartcase     " ignore case if search pattern is all lowercase,
                  "    case-sensitive otherwise
set smarttab      " insert tabs on the start of a line according to
                  "    shiftwidth, not tabstop
set hlsearch      " highlight search terms
set incsearch     " show search matches as you type

set visualbell           " don't beep
set noerrorbells         " don't beep
set history=1000         " remember more commands and search history
set undolevels=1000      " use many muchos levels of undo