vimrc

gistfile1.txt

set nocompatible
syntax off

" do not put a cr at the end of the file
set binary noeol

" highlighting search results is annoying
set nohlsearch

" show matching brackets
set showmatch

" make that backspace key work the way it should
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" show whitespace at end of lines
highlight WhitespaceEOL ctermbg=lightgray guibg=lightgray
match WhitespaceEOL /s+$/

" make the last line where the status is two lines deep so you can see
" status always
set laststatus=2
set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%{&ff}\ %l,%c%V

" no bell, please
set vb

" tabs should be four spaces
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set smarttab

"filetype indent on