gistfile1.txt

" Use Vim settings, rather then Vi settings (much better!).
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible


" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
set backspace=indent,eol,start
" set autoindent
set backup		" keep a backup file
set history=10000	" lines of command line history
set ruler		" show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd		" display incomplete commands
set incsearch		" do incremental searching
set ignorecase smartcase
set scrolloff=2
set showmatch           " parenthesis matching
syntax on
set hlsearch

" tab completion for e.g. :e is awesome with these
set wildmenu
"set wildmode=list:longest,full
set wildmode=list:longest

set hidden   " have multiple buffers without saving all the time
set title

" Tabbing world... I *think* this is the best compromise between all
" the competing incompatible standards out there...
set expandtab      " spaces not tabs
set tabstop=8      " the one true tab size
set shiftwidth=2   " size for auto/smartindent
set softtabstop=2  " when you press <tab> it moves by this much
set shiftround
set smartindent    " :help says needs to have autoindent but doesn't seem so

set encoding=utf8