Making the BASH dive into 'Shell Style Guide' for better readability.

localvimrc.vim

  " Making the BASH dive into 'Shell Style Guide' for better readability.
  " https://lug.fh-swf.de/vim/vim-bash/StyleGuideShell.en.pdf
  " https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
  syntax on                     " set syntax highlight turned on;
  set tabstop=4                 " set tabstop to tell vim how many columns a tab counts for. Linux kernel code expects each tab to be 8 columns wide. Visual studio expects each tab to be four columns wide. This is the only command here that will affect how existing text displays;
  set expandtab                 " convertt tabs to spaces;
  set shiftwidth=2              " indent is 2 spaces;
  set softtabstop=2             " untab size of, instead single space;
  set autoindent                " always set autoindenting on;
  " extras:
  set cindent                   " stricter for C programs, it is already on! see: /usr/share/vim/vim<version>/evim.vim

I really hate 8 columns wide!